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REPRESENTATIVE MEN 



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SOMERVILl.E. 

Fruiii the Incorporation ot the Cit\ in \\S~1 tu 1 898. 

CONTAINING THE 

Last Board of Selectmen. : Senators. : Representatives. : Mayors. 

Aldermen, : City Solicitors. : City Treasurers. : City 

Clerks. : City Engineers, : City Messenger, 

Clerk of Committees. 



COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY 
\VAI,TKR FRVE TURNER. 

MAkCH, 1S98. 



INTRODUCTION. 




IN placing this book before the people of Somerville, I have endeav- 
ored to make it complete, in regard to everything for which it was 
originally intended. I do not claim that it is a historical work on 
the City of Somerville, but I have endeavored to give to its sub- 
scribers a complete photograph album of the men who, in the days 
when Somerville was a town of scarcely more than a thousand 
inhabitants, gave their time and energy to condud; the town aBairs in a manner 
that would be for the best interests of all of the people, and continued to do so 
until the town was made a city and they were called upon to give the charge of 
affairs which had been so long in their keeping into the hands of the men who 
from 1S72 until the present time have labored hard at City Hall and in the Sen- 
ate Chamber and the House of Representatives on Beacon Hill in Boston, to 
bring our municipality from a small town in 1S42, with a population of scarcely 
more than a thousand, with an assessed valuation of taxable property of less than 
half a million dollars, with only four district school-houses and four teachers, for 
the support of which only $i,Soo was annually appropriated, and where no 
churches were erefled in which the people might worship God ; to a city of 
nearly sixty thousand inhabitants, all of whom are proud to claim it as their place 
of residence; where the taxable property is valued at over fifty million dollars; 
where we have twenty-six school buildings, with two hundred and forty-nine 
teachers, for the support of which over $200,000 is expended annually ; where 
we have thirty churches, and public property which is valued at $2,638,100.12. 
With the photographs of these representative men of Somerville will be 
found a short sketch of their lives, which in many cases is far too short to tell 
of the many ways in which they have been a value to our city and to their 
country at the time when it needed their services. 

The book is supposed to contain the pictures of the last board of select- 
men, all of the mayors, aldermen, representatives, senators, city clerks, solicitors, 
treasurers, engineers, and the city messenger and clerk of committees, who have 
in many ways lightened the burdens of those higher in office. 

The publisher does not claim to have all of the city officials in this work, 
for it would be by far too small to contain the portraits alone of all of the men 
who, in hundreds of ways, have assisted in the builtling up of Somerville from 
a small town to one of the largest ai\d fliost model cities in the Commonwealth ; 
but, as far as I have been, I have endeavored to be thorough, and trust that the 
public will find in looking over this work the familiar faces of many former 
friends. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




EX MAYOR GEORGE O BRASTOW, 

MAYOR lB73'3. 



Representativk Men of Somerville. 







THE SENATORS, 



Representative Men of Somkrville. 




EX MAYOR WILLIAM H FURBER. 

MAYOR 1874 7i 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




CITY TREASURERS, CITY CLERKS AND MESSENGER. 



Rkpresentativk Men of Somerville. 




MAYOR AUSTIN BELKNAP 
MAVOR I8T6 7! 



lO 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




CITY ENGINEERS. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



II 




EX MAYOR GEORGE A BRUCE. 



12 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




THP RFPRFSFNTATIVFS. 



Representative Men of Somerviule. 



13 




EX MAYOR JOHN A. CL'. v -. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




THE REPRESENTATIVES, 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



15 




EX-MAYOR MARK F. BURNS, 

MAYOR lSS5-«^-87-8e 



i6 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




THE CITY SOLICITORS. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




EX MAYOR CHARLES G. POPE. 

MAYOR I 889-90- j I 



i8 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



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TMP OCPDCQrMTATn/FC 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



19 




£X MAYOK , WILLIAM n HOOGKINS 
MAYOR l«92-9J-94-»5 



20 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




THE REPRESENTATIVES. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



21 




MAYOR ALBION A. 



PERRY. 



22 



Representative Men of Somerville. 




THE REPRESENTATIVES. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



23 



THE ALDERMEN, 

BY THE YEARS THAT THEY SERVED. 



In some cases the cuts are not as clear as the publisher would like to have had 
them, bill as many of the members of the early Boards are now dead, I have procured 
the best photographs of them that were in existence. 





GEORGE W. HADLEY, 



WILLIAM H. FURBER, 
•872-73- 



RErRESENTATIVE MeN OF SoMERVlLLE. 




THE REPRESENTATIVES. 



Represf-.ntative Men of Somerville. 





HORACE BASKIItS. 

l■^;J. 



DAHIEL E. CHASE. 





CLARK BEKIfETT, 

■''T-T.i 74-75 



JACOB T. GLIKES. 

i^7--75-75-7''- 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 




THE REPRESENTATIVES. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 





JOHN R. POOR, 



JOBII G. HALL, 





EZRA D. CONAHT. 



PERSON DAVIS, 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 




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HATUxn TLKTS. JR. 



AUSrin BELKNAP, 

1S7,. 





CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES, 



CROMWELL G. ROWELL, 



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RErRESEXTATIVE MeN OF So.MERVILLE. 





GEORGE H. DICKERMAS, 
iS74. 



SIEPEEK W. FULLER, 
1S74. 





1S74-75- 



EDWrs A. CURTIS, 
^ IS74-75- 



Representative Men of Somervii, 



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PRAHKLIN n. POOR. 



TBOMAS B. LORD. 





SAMUEL LITTLEFIELD. 
1S75. 



JOHH HARRIHGTON, 
■875-76. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





GEORGE A. BRUCE, 
1S76. 



CHARLES VV. SAWYER, 
KS76. 






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RICHARD E. NICKERSON, 

1876-77. 




JAMES B. DAVID, 
1S76-77. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



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PATRICK RAFFERTY, 
1876. 



JOHN F. COLE, 

iS7(.-7V. 





JAMkb LUMO, 



WILLIAM C. TALLHAR, 
1S77-78. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





JOHN B. G. KAMI 
1S77. 



JOHN R. CONANT, 
1S77-7S. 




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JOHN ADAMS CUMMINGS, 
1S77-7S. 



GEORGE CURTIS SKLLTON, 

1S77-7S. 



Rkcresentative Mkn of Somervillk. 



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OLIVER }. DAVIS. 
ihpS-;^. 



STILLMAN H. LIBBY. 
187S-79. 





AARON R. COOLIDGE. 

.S77. 



SEWARD DODGE. 

1 ^77- Vi. 



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Rkpresentative Mex of So:\iervili,e. 





SAMUEL PENNOCK, 



JESSE J. DNDERHILL, 
1S7.J-S0. 





ASA DURGIK, 
1S79-S3. 



MALCOM B. COLE, 
iSSl. 



Representative Men of Somervikle. 




MAKTIR W. CARR, 
i8iiu-Si. 







ABIJAH B. COOKIH. 
1880-81. 




ELIJAH C. CLARK, 



CALEB A. PAGE, 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





GERSHOM T. BURNHAM, 

1881. 



J. LELAND NORCROSS, 
1S81-S2. 





J. FRANK WELLINGTON, 
1SS2-S3. 



MARK F. BURNS, 
1S82-S3. 



Rki'RESENTAti\ i: Men of Somerville. 



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THOMAS R. R0UL5T0RE. 



QUIMCY A. VINAL. 




ALBION A. PERRY. 

iss;,-S,. 




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Representative Men of Somerville. 





WILLIAM E. WELD, 
1SS2-S3. 



NATHAN A. FITCH, 

1S84-85. 





SAMUEL G. A. TWYCROSS, 

18S4-85. 



FRANKLIN R. PERRY, 
1S84-S5. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



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DAHIBL R. RAYWARD, 



HIKAM V. SMITH, 



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Rkpresextative Mex of Somervili.e. 





ALBERT M. ROBIHSON, 
1SS5-S6. 



DANIEL C. STILLSON, 
1SS5-S6. 





ELBRIDGE G. PARK. 
1SS6-S7. 



SAMUEL W. HOLT. 
18S6-S7. 



Representativi: Mkx of Somervii.lk. 



43 





JOHN F. KERNARD. 



NATHAN H. REED. 





CHARLES L. NORTH. 

isss S<y. 



GEORGE WEMYSS. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





HARRISON ALDRICH, 

iSsr,-S7. 



DANA W. BENNETT, 
1SS6-S7. 





WALTER C. MENTZER, 

1SS7. 



BERNARD W. LAWRENCE, 

1SS7-SS. 



Representative Men of Somervii.le. 



45 





TIMOTHY C DWYER. 



EDWARD H. BRADSHAW. 





JOHS W. CONVERSE. 

iS.v-A>. 



CHARLES M. REMhNWAY. 
1SS9-90. 



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Ri t'KisiN iwrn i: >[i:\ oi' 8omi k\ ii.i.k.. 





ROBERT DUDDY. 
1SSS-S9. 



GEORGE A. KIMBALL. 
lSSi)-<)0. 





EZRA r. :?. . :;iis. 
1SS9-90. 



CHARLES B. SANBORN. 
1890-91-9,^ 



Representative Men of Somkkmkle. 



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ALLEN K. CARPEKTEK. 



ALVAMO T. NICKERSOH, 





ALBERT W. LLl.MAMib. 

I S>/o-ij I . 



CLARENCE H. WILLEY, 



RFrR^<^vTATivE Men of Sovkrvillk. 




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Rkpresentatu K Mkn ok Somerville. 



49 





S WALKEM: JAKES. 



WARREN J ROBINSON, 
1891. 





FRANK B FITTS, 



WILLIAM L. BARBER, 



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CH^SLESiJU G. vnriBES, 





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FRAHKLIR F PHILLIPS. 



Lrwis STOCKBRISGE, 
|S.>4. 





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ISAIAH U. WIL£Y. 



FEED W. GiLEERT. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





JOHN AITDREWS, 

'893-94- 



CALVIN H. WHITNEY, 
1894-95- 





WILFRED B. RICH, 

1S95. 



MELVILLE D. JONES, 
1S95-96. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



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bkNJAMIN i U.jWN:. 



LEONARD B. CHAMbLER, 

IS.J5-,/,. 





lacily-i)- . 



h. HERBERT HUHTLET, 
1896-97-98. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





ROBERT S. WRIGHT, 
1S96. 



HOWARD D. MOORE, 
1896. 





JAMES M. ANDREWS, 
1 896-97 . 



JOSIAH N. PRATT, 
1S96-97. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



55 





WILLIAM M IHVlWi, 



GEORGE E. WHITAKER, 




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ANDREW A. LAMOHT, 
1S97-9S. 



FRENCH 0. J. TARBOX, 
18^. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 





JOHN N. BALL, 
1S97-9S. 



FREDERICK M. KILMER, 

1S9S. 





JAMES F. DAVLm, 
1S9S. 



F. DeWITT LAPHAM, 
1S9S. 



Rkpresentative Men of Somerville. 



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WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. 
Clerk of Comitiittccil. 





jA.MLb K. uurn.;.-. 

chief of the Fire Department. 



MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, 
Cliief of Police. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



MAYORS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. 
1872— 1898. 



1872. 

MAYOR. 

GEORGE O. BRASTOW. 



Ward, 

I. William H. Fuiber, 

I. ^George W. Hadley, 

1. ^Horace Haskins, 

2. Clark Bennett, 

2. Daniel E. Chase, 



ALDERMEN. 
Ward. 



3. Jacob T. Glines, 

3. John R. Poor, 

4. Person Davis, 
4. John G. Hall. 



18T6. 

MAYOR. 

AUSTIN BELKNAP. 



Ward. 

I. Richard E. Nickerson, 

1. John F. Cole, 

2. George A. Bruce, 
2. Patrick Ratferty, 



ALDERMEN. 
Ward. 



3. Jacob T. Glines, 

3. Charles W. Sawyer, 

4. James B. David, 
4. John Harrington. 



1873. 

MAYOR. 

GEORGE O. BRASTOW. 



Ward. 

I. William H. Furber, 

1. Ezra D. Conant, 

2. Clark Bennett, 

2. Nathan Tufts, Jr., 



ALDERMEN. 

Ward. 



3. Jacob T. Glines, 

3. Austin Belknap, 

4. Person Davis, 

4. Christopher E. Rymes. 



1877. 
MAYOR. 

AUSTIN BELKNAP. 



Ward. 

I. Richard E. Nickerson, 

1. John F. Cole, 

2. James Long, 

2. William C. Tallman, 

3. George C. Skilton, 



ALDERMEN. 
Ward. 



3. John R. Conant, 

4. James B. David, 
4. John B. G. Rand, 

4. John A. Cummings. 



1874. 

MAYOR. 

WILLIAM H. FURBER, 



ALDERMEN. 
1 Ward. 



Ward. 

I. Edwin A. Curtis, , 3 

1. Cromwell G. Rowell, , 3 

2. Clark Bennett, [ 4 
2. Robert L. Spear, | 4 



Stephen W. Fuller, 
George H. Dickerman. 
Thomas H. Lord, 
Franklin N. Poor. 



1878. 

MAYOR. 

GEORGE A. BRUCE. 



Ward. 

I. John F. Cole, 

1. Oliver J. Davis, 

2. William C. Tallman, 
2. James Long, 



ALDERMEN. 

Ward. 



3. George C. Skilton, 

3. John R Conant, 

4. John A. Cummings, 
4. Stillman H. Libby. 



Ward. 

I. Edwin A. Curtis, 

1. Cromwell G. Rowell, 

2. Clark Bennett, 

2. Robert L. Spear, 



1875. 
MAYOR. 

WILLIAM H. FURBER. 

ALDERMEN. 
I Ward. 



3. Jacob T. Glines, 

3. Samuel Littlefield, 

4. Thomas H. Lord, 
4. John Harrington. 



Ward. 

I. John F, Cole, 

1. Oliver J. Davis, 

2. Seward Dodge, 

2. Aaron R. Coolidge 



1879. 

MAYOR. 

GEORGE A. BRUCE. 

ALDERMEN. 

John F. Cole, President. 
Ward. 



3. Samuel M. Pennock, 

3. Jesse J. Underbill, 

4. Stillman H. Libby, 
4. Asa Durgin. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



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MAYORS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. (CONTINLED.) 



MAYOR. 

GEORGE A. BRLCE. 

ALIiEMMEN. 



Jesse J. 1'nuerhii.i., I'rtsidrHl 
\\ard Wird. 

I. Malcoin B. Cole, { 

I. Elijah C. Clark. \ 

J. Seward Dodge, I 

1. Abijah B. Gookin, I 



3. Samuel M. Pennock, 

3. Je»»eJ. fnderliill. 

4. Ata I)iir);in. 
4. Martin W. Carr. 



I8M. 

MAYOR. 

.MARK F. BIRNS. 

ALDERMEN. 

lliRAM D. Smith, Prefiilent. 



\V«rd. 

1. Nathan .\. Filch. 

I. .Moses G. Steele, 

1. Sam'IG. A. Twvcross, 

2. Franklin R. Herrv, 



Ward. 

3. Hir.tm I). Smith, 

3. D.-iniel C. Stillson, 

4. Irving L. Russell. 

4. .\lbert W. Robinson. 



IHHI. 
MAYOR. 

]U\\S A. CfM.MINCN 

ALDERMEN. 

Martin W. Carr. I'rr\ulrml. 

NV.rd. ' W»rd. 

I. MalcoMi B. Cole, 3. J. I.eland Norcro»«, 

I. Elijah C. Clark, 3. Ger»honi T. Burnhain. 

). Ahijah B. (iookin, 4. \\» l>ur|>in, 

I. Caleb A. Hajje. 4. Martin \V. Carr. 



I8MO. 

MAYOR. 

MARK F. BIRNS. 



Irvin>. L. 

Ward. 

I. .Monea G. Steele. 
I. ElbridKe(i. I>ark. 
J. Samuel \V. Holt, 
1. Dana \V. Bennett, 



ALDERMEN. 

Rl'ssELL, Prtsidtut. 

W.rd. 

3. Daniel C. Stillson, 

3. Harrison Aldrich, 

4. Irving L. Russell, 
4. Albert M. Robinson. 



IHK-i. 
MAYOR. 

JOHN A. ClMMlN(iS. 

ALDERMEN. 

William E. Weld. Prtiidiml. 



W.rd. 

I. Mark F. Burn«. 

1. Elijah C. Clark. 

2. J. Frank WellinKtoii, 

3. Caleb A. Page, 



Ward. 

3. J. Leiand Norcrosa, 

3. rhomaa R. Roulttone, 

4. Aoa Durgin. 

4. William E. Weld. 



1887. 
MAYOR. 

MARK F. BURNS. 

ALDERMEN. 

Ei.uRiDoE U. Park. PmidtHl. 
Ward. Ward. 

I. Elbridge G. Park, 3. Harrison Aldrich, 

1. Nathan H. Reed, 3. John Kcnnnrd, 

J. Samuel W. Holt. "4. Waller C. Mentzcr, 

2. Dana W. Bennett. 4. Bernard W. Lawrence. 



Ward 

I. Mark F. Burn*. 
I. Levi F. S. Davis. 
1. J. Frank Wellington 
1. C^iincv A. Vinal, 



IHH3. 
MAYOR. 

lOIlN A. CIMMINGS. 

\LDKR.MCN'. 

Wn I lAM E. Weld, Prtsidtml. 

Ward. 



3. Thomas R. RouUtone, 

3. .\lbion A. Perrv, 

4. Kf-A Durijin. 

4. William E. Weld. 



IHKH. 
MAYOR. 

MARK F. BIKNS. 

ALDERMEN. 

Bernard W. Lawrence, Preiidtnl. 

Ward. 



Ward. 
I. Nathan H. Reed. 
I. tieorge I). Wcmvsa, 
J. Charles L. North, 
J. Timolhv C. D«ver, 



3. John F. Kennard, 

3. Robert Duddv. 

4. Bernard W. Lawrence, 
4. Edward H. Bradshaw. 



Ward. 

I. Levi F. S. Davis. 
I. Nathan .\. Fitch. 
J. Sam'ltJ. .\. Twvcrons 
J. Franklin R. Perrv, 



IHH4. 
MAYOR. 

JOHN A. CIMMINGS. 

aldermen. 

Levi F. S. Davis, Prtsidtut. 
I Ward. 

3. Albion A. Perrv. 



3. Hiram D. Smith. 

4. Irving L. Russell, 
4. Daniel H. Havward. 



1889. 

MAYOR. 

CHARLES G. POPE. 

alder.men. 

CilARLE.s L. North, Prtsidtnl. 
Ward. 



Ward. 

I. George D. Wcmyss, 

1. Chas. M. Henienwav 
z. Charles L. North, 

2. George .A. Kimball. 



3. Robert Duddy. 

3. Ezra D. Souther, 

4. Edward H. Bradshaw, 
4. John W. Converse. 



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Represkntative Men of Somerville. 



MAYORS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. (CONTINUED.) 



Ward. 
I. Cha 



1890. 

MAYOR. 

CHARLES G. POPE. 

ALDERMEN. 

Charles M. Hemenway, President. 
Ward. 



M. llenienway, 

1. Charles B. Sanborn, 

2. George A. Kimball, 
2. Allen F. Carpenter, 



3. Ezra D Souther, 

3. Alvano T. Nickerson, 

4. John W. Converse, 
4. .\lbert \V. Edmands. 



Ward. 

I. Isaiah H. Wiley. 

1. Lewis Stockbridge, 

2. Frank J- Hamhlin, 
2. Fred \V. Gilbert, 



1894. 

MAYOR. 

WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 

ALDERMEN. 

John Andrews. President. 

Ward. 



3. John Andrews, 

3. Calvin II. Whitney', 

4. Franklin F. Phillips, 
4. Edmund S. Sparrow. 



1891. 

M.\YOR. 

CHARLES G. POPE. 

ALDERMEN. 

Alvano T. Nickerson, President. 

I Ward. 



Ward. 

I. Charles B. Sanborn, | 3, 

1. Clarence H. Willey, ■ 3 

2. Allen F. Carpenter, ! 4. 
2. Jeremiah J. Lyons, I 4 



Alvano T. Nickerson, 
Charles B. Osgood, 
Albert W. Edmands, 
Wm. A. Hunnewell. 



MAYOR. 

WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 



Edmund S 

Ward. 

I. Isaiah II. Wilev, 

1. Wilfred B. Rich, 

2. Fred W. Gilbert, 
2. Melville D. lones. 



ALDERMEN. 

. Sparrow, President. 
Ward. 
3. Calvin II. Whitney, 

3. Leonard B. Chandler, 

4. Edmund S. Sparrow, 
4. Benjamin J. Downs. 



189S. 

MAYOR. 

WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 

aldermen. 
Charles B. Osgood, President. 

Ward. 



Ward. 

I. S. Walker Janes, 

1. Edric Eldridge, 

2. Warren 1. Robinson, 
2. Frank E". Fitts, 



3. Charles B. Osgood, 

3. William L. Barber, 

4. Wm. A. Hunnewell 
4. Newell F. Caswell. 



1896. 

MAYOR. 

ALBION A. PERRY. 

aldermen. 

Melville D. Jones, President. 



Ward. 

I. L. Herbert Huntley, 

1. Josiah N. Pratt, 

2. Melville D. Jones, 
2. Robert S. Wright, 



Ward. 

3. Leonard B. Chandler 

3. James M. Andrews, 

4. William II. Berrv, 
4. Howard D. Moore. 



Ward. 

I. Charles B. Sanborn 

1. Edric Eldridge, 

2. Frank E. Fitts, 
2. Frank J. Ilamblin, 



1893. 

MAYOR. 

WILLIAM H, HODGKINS. 
aldermen. 

Fred W. Gilbert, President. 
Ward. 

3. William L. Barber 
3. John Andrews 
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4- 



Chas. A. G. Winther, 
Franklin F. Phillips. 



1897. 

m.\yor. 

ALBION A. PERRY. 

.\ldermen. 

Josiah N. Pratt, President. 



Ward. 

I. L. Herbert Huntley, 

1. Josiah N. Pratt, 

2. William M. Irving, 
2. George E. Whitaker, 



Ward. 

3. Jaines M. Andrews, 

3. Andrew A. Lamont, 

4. William H. Berr\ , 
4. John N. Ball. 



1898. 

MAYOR. 

ALBION A. PERRY, 



ALDER.MEN. 



John N. 

Ward. 

I. L. Herbert Huntley, 

1. F. DeWitt Lapham", 

2. French O. J, Tarbox 
2. James F. Davlin, 



Ball. President. 
Ward. 
3. Andrew A. Lamont, 

3, Frederick M. Kilmer, 

4. John N. Ball, 
4. Silas L. Cummings. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



6i 



REPRESENTATIVES TO LEGISLATURE. 
FROM 1872 TO 1898. 



IH72. 

Charlct II. Tavlor, 
Samuel A. Carlclon. 

ia7s. 

C^iiiniv A. Vinal. 

IH7« 

John A. Cuinmingi, 
Horace llatkinit. 

IH7S. 
John A. C'liinniing*, 
SelMrn /. Itowtiian. 

iH;a. 
Charlc* G. Pope. 

IH77 
Chnrlev Ij. I'opr, 
Tlioiiia^ C°iinniiii;h:iiii. 
Eiiovh R. Momc. 

IH7H. 

Thoiiia* Ctinninghnm, 
KUhard K. Nickcr«on, 
Jacoh T. {>linc« 

IH7U. 

Richard E. Nickeriton. 
Jacoh T. Glincs. 
Janicn Uonp. 



John llnKkcll Itiitlcr, 
Rohcrl L. Spear, 
Person Davis. 



John llasktll Hntler. 
Person Davis. 



Charles 11. Guild, 
Edward Glines. 



Edward Glincs. 
Elitha C. Clark. 
Charles S. Lincoln. 



Elitha C. Clark, 
John M. \Vood», 
J. Waricn Italic^'. 



J. Warren Hallcv, 
I^vl F. S. Davi., 
William Klvnn. 



Levi K. S. Davi», 
William Klvnn, 
Samuel C. Darling. 

IB1I7. 

Samuel C. Darling. 
Samuel Culler, 
James F. Davlin. 



s.iiniicl C. Darling, 
Irving Russell, 
Francis H. Rnvmond. 



Irving Russell, 
Francis H. Ravmond, 
Joshua Davis. 



1800. 

Francis M. R.-iymond, 
Joshua II. Dnvis, 
Frederick M. Kilmer. 

1801. 
Frederick M. Kilmer, 
George W. Perkins, 
Joseph J. Giles. 

IHO'J. 

George W. Perkins, 
Joseph J. (iiles, 
George (). Proctor. 

1M03. 
George O. Proctor, 
AllcnF. Carpenter, 
Charles S. Crane. 

1804. 

.\llen F. Carpenter, 
ChartcN 11. Crane. 
RolK-rt Duddv. 

1 80S. 

kohcrt Diiililv. 
Amasa K. Southuorth, 
Frank \V. Kaan. 

1806. 
Amasa E. Southwortli, 
Frank W. Kaan, 
Elmer A. Stevens. 

1807-1808. 

Horace L. White, 
Melville D. Jones, 
Leonard B. Chandler, 
Franklin F. Phillips, 
Franklin E. Huntress. 



62 Representative Men of Somerville. 



MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE, 

FROM SOMERVILLE, 1S72-1898. 



Christopher E. Rymes, Edward Glines, 

Selwyn Z. Bowman, Francis H. Raymond, 

George A. Bruce, George W. Perkins, 

William H. Hodgkins. 



Cm' Clerks. City Treasurers. 

Charles E. Gilman, Aaron Sargent, 

George I. \'incent. Jo'in F. Cole. 



City Solicitors. 

Selwyn Z. Bowman, Samuel C. Darling, 

Charles Robinson, Frank W. Kaan. 



City Engineers. 

Charles D. Elliot, Horace L. Eaton, 

George A. Kimball, Ernest W. Bailey. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



Harrison Aldricii was born in Williams- 
ville, V^t., September iS, 1S40. lie was edu- 
cated in the district and high schools of his 
native town and the Power's Institute of Ber- 
nardston, Mass. lie was married to Miss 
Helen Louisa Morse, of his native town, and 
moved to Boston in 1S66, where he became 
engaged in the produce business, in which he 
has continued until the present time. He came 
to Somerville in iSSo and purchased an unde- 
veloped tract of land on the East side of Gil- 
man street, and laid out a new street, which 
bears his name. In 1S8S he erected a hand- 
some residence on Fianklin street, where he 
now lives. Mr. Aldrich was elected a member 
of the Common Council from Ward One in 
1SS4-S5, and was a member of the Board of 
Aldermen in 1SS6-S7. He is a member of the 
Masons and Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, 
G. A. R., the Boston Chamber of Commerce 
and the Fruit and Produce Exchange. 



James Mills Andrews was born in Free- 
dom, N. 11 , May 33, 1S3S. lie was educated 
in the schools of his native town and moved to 
Charlestown in 1S57, ^^ lie re he lived until 1SS5, 
when he moved to 172 Broadway, Somerville, 
where he has since resided. He was married 
in 1S63 to Miss Mira A. Wood, of his native 
town, and has one son, Horace Andrews, who 
is engaged in business with his father, under 
the firm name of J. M. Andrews & Son, car- 
penters and builders. Mr. Andrews was elect- 
ed a member of the Common Council from 
Ward Three in 1S95, and a member of the 
Board of Aldermen in 1S96-97. 



John Andrews was born in Southington, 
Conn., in 1S45. He attended the public schools 
of his native town, and afterward went to the 
Hudson River Institute at Claverick, N. Y. 
At the breaking out of the war he enlisted as 
a private in the First Connecticut Cavalry, and 
was twice promoted and served imtil the close 
of the war. He moved to Somerville in 1SS4. 



]Mr. Andrews has been in the a; lestos business 
for a number of years, and at the present time 
is connected with the Asbestos Paper Company 
of Boston. He was elected a member of the 
Common Council in 1S92, and was a member 
of the Board of Aldermen in 1S93-94, being 
president of the Board during his second jear. 
He is a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. 
& A. M., The Loyal Legion and Willard C. 
Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. He was mar- 
ried October 28, 1S74, and resides at 34 Albion 
street. 

Ernest W. Bailey was born in Somerville, 
December 20, 1S66. He was educated in the 
public schools and graduated from the Forster 
Grammar vSchool in iSSi, after which he at- 
tended the High School, and then took a special 
engineering course at Tufts College, After fin- 
ishing his course at Tufts he worked for two 
years in the office of Fuller & Whitney, civil 
engineers in Boston, and in 18S7 he was ap- 
pointed by Mr. Horace L. Eaton, at that time 
City Engineer, as his first assistant, which po- 
sition he held until Mr. Eaton's death, which 
occurred November 23, 189^. Mr. Bailey was 
then appointed City Engineer by Mayor Perrv, 
and holds tliat position at the present time. 
He is a member of Boston Societ}' Civil Engi- 
neers, the New England Water Works Associa- 
tion, and of the Somerville Central Club, and 
Young Men's Christian Association. He was 
married in October, 1S93, to Miss Nellie E. 
Barrett of Melrose, and resides at 79 Central 
street. 

J. Warren Bailey was born at Deny, 
N. H., June 3, 1846, was educated in the com- 
mon school and at Pinkerton Academy. After 
leaving school he served for six years as a pris- 
on officer, a portion of the time as Dejjuty 
^\'arden at the R. I. State prison. ISIr. Bailey 
engaged in the upholstery and embroideiy goods 
business in Boston in 1S72, and has continued 
the same successfully to the present time, for 
the past 14 years being located at 108 Tremont 
street. Mr. Bailey came to Somerville in 1872. 



Representative Mkx of Somerville. 



He sen'cil in the Common Council of 1.SS2 
and iS.S^, the last year as president, and repre- 
resented the city in the Legislature of 1SS4 and 
18S5. lie is president of the West Somerville 
Co-operative Hank. In 1S94, Gov. Greenhalge 
appointed Mr. Hailey as a member of the State 
Hoard of Commissioners of Prisons, which 
olhcc he helil for three years, resigning the same 
in July last in order to accept the secretaryship 
of the Hoard, a position he now holds. He is a 
member of Kim Council, K. A., and has been a 
representative to the Supreme Council ; Cameron 
Lodge, K. IL, and I'rovident Lodge, A. O. L'. 
\\ ., of which he was the first .M. \V. Mr. 
Bailey has been twice married, his tirst wife 
was Miss Emeline R. Clark, daughter of Ebcn 
T. and Kcbccta (Kimball) Clark, of Derry ; 
his second wife was Miss Jennie M. Loud, 
daughter of George H. and Susan J. ( Mc- 
Intyre) Loud, of I'lymouth, Me. Hy his first 
wife he had one ilnughter, Ldith Newell, now 
20 years of age. They reside at the corner of 
Orchard and l)ovcr streets. 

John N. Hai.i. was born in Antrim, N. \., 
in 1S33. When he was very young his parents 
moved to Marlow, where he attende<l the dis- 
trict and high scho<ils until he was ij^, when he 
moveil to Nashua. He was a hotel keeper in 
Nashua for eight years, lie afterwarti moved 
to Wisconsin, where he lived for two years, and 
in 1S63 moved to New Orleans, where he lived 
until 1S71, two years of which time he was 
employed in the I'nitcd .'states Custom House, 
and was for four years deputy collector of 
revenues. Mr. Hall moved to Somerville in 
1872, and has been engaged in the pasted shoe 
stock business for a number of years, with a 
large factory at North Somerville. He was 
elcctetl a member of the Common Council in 
iS<)5-y6, and was a member of the Hoard of 
Aldermen in 1897-98. He is a member of the 
Knights of Honor, and resides at 690 Broadway. 



Ex-Al.l)KRMA\ WlI.I.IAM L. HauRKR Was 

born in Plymouth, Mass., April 9, 1S59, and 



was educated in the public schools in Ch.nrles- 
town district, Boston. He removed to Somer- 
ville in 1 883, and has always been greatly in- 
terested in matters relating to the well-being of 
the city. He was a member of the Common 
Council in 1S90 and 1S91, and a member of the 
Hoard of .Mdermen in iSy2 and 1S93, ser\-ing 
as president of the Hoard of Aldermen in 1S93. 
He served on nearly all of the important com- 
mittees of the City Government during his 
term of office, being especially interested in all 
matters relating to the streets and improvements 
in the city, being a member of the Committee 
on Highways for four, and its chairman tor two 
years; and during his service in that capacity 
some of the most extensive highway improve- 
ments were carried through to successful com- 
pletion. 

Ci.AKK He.nnktt was born in Londonilcrry, 
\'t., November 30, iSio. He was educated 
in the district schools of that town, ami at 
the age of 21 moved to Somerville, which 
was at that lime a part of Charlestown, 
and carried on an extensive brick busine.ss 
for a number of years, after which he was 
engaged in the insurance business. Mr. Ben- 
nett was a prominent resident of Somerville, 
and gave a great deal of his time to town 
affairs in its early history. He was Town 
Treasurer for a number of years, and was a 
member of the School Boartl for a period of 
1 1 years. He was a member of the first Board 
of Aldermen, in 1S72, and continued to repre- 
sent Ward Two in the Bo.ird-. nf i''^73-7^-75. 
He died in January, 1882. 



Dana W. Bennett was born in Somenille, 
February 28, 1859. He was educated in the 
Somerville schools, from which he graduated 
with high honors. He is in business at 82 Water 
street, Boston, where he represents large fire 
and accident insurance companies for Boston 
and Massachusetts. He was elected a member 
of the Common Council from Ward Two in 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



1S83-S4-85, and was a member of the Board 
of Aldermen in 1SS6-S7. Mr. Bennett is a 
member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 
He resides at 41 Putnam street. 



and was a member of the Board of Aldermen 
in 1S96. Mr. Berry is a member of the Masons 
and Odd Fellows. He was married in iSSi, 
and resides at 39 Cherry street. 



Austin Belknap was born in Westboro, 
July iS, 1S19, the son of John and Ruth 
(Fay) Belknap, of that town. His educa- 
tion was obtained in the district school of his 
native town, and at the Worcester Manual 
Labor High School, from which he was grad- 
uated as a civil engineer. After some ex- 
perience in railroad construction, he came to 
Boston in 1S43, and entered the general pro- 
duce and commission business, in which he 
has remained till the present time. Mr. 
Belknap came to Somerville, then Charles- 
town, in 1S53. He served the town as Select- 
man in 1S69, '70 and '71, and the city as a 
member of the School Committee in 1862, 
'63 and '64. He was a trustee of the Public 
Library in 1873 and '74, and was Mayor in 
1876 and '77. Mr. Belknap is a member of 
John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Somerville 
R. A. Chapter, and De Molay Commandery 
K. T. Mr. Belknap married Miss Jane P., 
daughter of Holloway and Frances (Read) 
Brigham, of Westboro. He resides on Cen- 
tral street. 



William H. Berry was born in New Jersey 
March 25, 1855. He moved to Lexington, 
Mass., when he was very young, where he 
attended the public schools, and moved to 
Somerville in 1867, after which he attended a 
business college in Boston. At the age of iS 
he went to work at the mason's trade in Boston 
for J. W. Leighton, and afterward went to 
California, where he worked at the same trade, 
and later engaged in the teaming business. In 
1889 he purchased the property known as the 
Custom House stables at 14 Custom House 
street, where he is now in business and puts up 
about 200 horses daily. He was elected a 
member of the Common Council in 1S94-95, 



Selwyn Z. Bowman was born in Charles- 
town, May 10, 1840, the son of Zadock and 
Rosetta (Cram) Bowman, of that place. His 
early education was obtained in the public 
schools and high schools of Charlestown, 
whence he passed to Harvard College, where 
he was graduated A. B. in i860 and LL. B. in 
1S63. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 
1863, and opened a law office in Boston, where 
he has ever since remained. Mr. Bowman 
came to Somerville in 1S56. He has served 
the city as city solicitor in 1S73, '73, and from 
1S90 to 1S97. He represented the city in the 
Legislatures of 1870 and 1S75 ; the county of 
Middlesex in the Senate of 1876 and 1877 ; and 
the fifth Congressional district in the 46th 
and 47th Congresses in 1S7S-S1. Mr. Bow- 
man is a P. M. of John Abbott Lodge, and a 
member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; a 
member of Somerville R. A. Chapter, the Cen- 
tral and Middlesex Clubs. Mr. Bowman mar- 
ried Miss ALirtha E., daughter of Bowen E. 
and Sarah A. (Mead) Tufts, of Lexington. 
They reside on Broadway. 



Edward H. Bradsiiaw was born in Somer- 
ville in 1855. He was educated in the public 
schools, after which he became engaged in the 
mill supply business, under the firm name of 
Bradshaw, Crocker & Co. He was elected a 
member of the Common Council from Ward 
Four in 1886-87, '"*"'' '' member of the Board 
of Aldermen in 1S88-89, and served on some 
important committees. In 1S91 he went West 
and is now the salesman for one of the largest 
shoe manufacturing and jobbing concerns in 
that section of the country, making his head- 
quarters at Salt Lake City in Utah, from which 
place he wrote the author that he would like 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



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to have any of his I-ii>iiTii iruniis visit him 
anion); tlic Mormons, as they were the best 
friends he had in the West. 



(JKoiiGE <J. JJkastow, horn in W'rcntliam, 
Septemher S, iSii, came to (.'harlcstown 
(Somerville) in ••^3.^, and located on Spring 
Mill; was a Iart;e owner of real estate, and 
built many houses in the town; was very 
prominent in the division of the town in 1S42 ; 
was chosen Selectman in 1S45 ami again in 
|S''>7; served on the School Committee from 
I.S4J' to |S^«»; represented Somerville in the 
House in l>>4y, '50, '51 and 'f>2 ; member of 
the Senate in 1854, and was again elected in 
I.S<»6, serving four years, the last two as presi- 
dent ; went to the war as ca])tainof the Somer- 
ville Company in lS6j; was afterward pay- 
master in the army ; was chosen first Mayor of 
Somerville in 1.S71 ; re-electe»i in iSj^ ; mem- 
bei of the (iovernor's Council in iS74, '75 an«l 
■76; was one of the founders of the Middlesex 
and Somerville Horse Kailroads, also of Post 
No. I3'(; dieil at C.iiiaiidai;;ii:i, \. ^'., Novem- 
ber .20, i>i7X. 

(fKont.E .\. Miit'CE, son of Nathaniel and 
Lucy ( IJutlerfield) Bruce, was born at Mount 
N'crnon, N. H , November ly, 1S39. He was 
fittcil for college at the Applcton Academy in 
hi<« native town, and was graduated at Dart- 
mouth College in 1.S61. He enlisted in tlie 
Thirteenth New Hampshire X'olunteers, and 
served as tirst lieutenant, aiile, judge advocate, 
and assistant ailjutant-general. He was mus- 
tered out July 3, 1S65, and brevctted lieutenant- 
colonel. He studied law in Lowell, and was 
admitted to the bar in 1S66, and opened his 
ortice in Boston, where he has ever since re- 
mained. Mr. Bruce was a member of the New 
Hampshire Legislature in 1.S66, and of the 
Senate of Massachusetts in 18S2, 1.SS3 anil 
1.SS4. He was chosen president of the Senate 
the last year. He came to Somerville in 1S74, 
and has served the city as Mayor in 1879, iSSo 



and iSSi. Mr. Bruce married Miss Clara M., 
daughter of Joseph F. and -Sarah (Longlev) 
Hall, of Groton. They reside on Highland 
avenue. 

Geksiiom T. Bi'R.NiiAM was born in Harri- 
son, Me., in October, 1S33. At the age of 
three his parents moved to Boston, where he 
attended the public schools until he moved to 
Somer\ille when he was iS. He learned the 
carpenter's trade, and soon after went into busi- 
ness, which he continued in for over 2^ years, 
retiring a few years before his death, owing to 
failing health. He was elected a member of 
the Common Council from Ward Three in iSSo 
and a member of the Board of AMcrmen in 
1S81, Mr. Burnham was a member of Soley 
Loilgc, A. F. & A. NL ; .Somenillc Royal 
Arch Chapter, C<iur dc Lion Commandery, K. 
T., and a prominent member of the Cross- 
Street I'niversalist Church. He died January 
31, 1S9S, leaving a widow who resides at No. 
60 Central street. 

Makk F. BiKNs was born at Milford, N. II., 
May 24, 1.S41, the son of Charles A. and Lliz- 
abeth (Hutchinson) Burns. He attended the 
district schools and .\ppleton Academy at 
.Mount N'ernon, and worked on the farm until 
he was iS. He then taught in the district 
schools in New I lampshire and in New Jersey. 
He came to Cliarlestown in 1.S66 and engaged 
in the retail milk business. In 1S71 he became 
a milk contractor with the firm of P. S. Whit- 
comb \ Co. In |S^1^ the firm was consoliiiated 
with Tower. Whitcomb & Co., and in August, 
iSyi, the Boston Dairy Company was organ- 
ized, and -Mr. Burns became its treasurer. 
I Ic was also one of the largest retail milk dealers 
in Boston. He came to .Somer\'ille in 1S73. 
He ser\cd the city in the Common Council 
from Ward One in 18.S0 and 1S81, being presi- 
dent of the Council the latter year. He was a 
member of the Board of Aldermen in 1SS2 
and 1SS3, and was a trustee of the Public 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



Library in 1SS4. He was Mayor in 1SS5, '86, 
'87 and '88. During his term as Mayor he 
conceived the idea of the Mayors' Club, which 
was formed, and of which he was for several 
years secretary, and was afterward elected 
president. He was a member of Soley Lodge, 
A. F. & A. M. ; Webcowit Club ; Excelsior 
Council, R. A. ; Beacon Lodge, A. O. U. \V., 
of Boston ; was a director in the Monument 
National Bank, and a trustee of the Five 
Cents Savings Bank of Charlestown ; a director 
in the Charlestown Gas and Electric Light 
Company, and has held the offices for several 
years of president and secretary of the Milk 
Contractors' Association of Boston. Mr. Burns 
died January 16, 1S9S. 



John Haskell Butler was born in ]SIid- 
dleton, August 31, 1S41, the son of John and 
Mary J. (Barker) Butler, of that town. He 
was educated in the district schools of Groton 
and Shirley, was fitted for college at the Law- 
rence Academy, Groton, and was graduated at 
Yale College in 1S63. He studied law with 
Griffin & Stearns, of Charlestown, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1S6S. The same year he 
formed a partnership with William G. Stearns 
for the practice of law in Boston, where he 
continues. Mr. Butler came to Somerville in 
1870, and has served on the School Committee 
from 1S76 to 1887. He represented the city in 
the Legislatures of 1880 and 1S81, and served 
in the Governor's Council in 1S84, '85, and '86. 
Mr. Butler is a member of Soley Lodge, A. F. 
& A. M. ; Boston Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Franklin 
Lodge, K. P. ; Prospect Council, A. L. H. ; 
Webcowit Club, and the New England Com- 
mercial Travellers' Association. In 1883 -'85 
he was supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum ; 
in 1887-SS supreme representative of the K. 
H., and is advisory counsel of the Ancient 
Order United Workmen. Mr. Butler married 
Miss Laura L., daughter of Jabez B. and Mary 
(Ford) Bull, of Pittsburg, Penn. They reside 
on Pearl street. 



Samuel A. Carlton was born in Salem, 
Alass., in 1S27. Received his education in the 
public schools of that city, leaving, however, at 
the early age of i 2 years. He moved to Somer- 
ville in 1 86 1, built and resided in the house 
now owned by the estate of Samuel Langmaid 
on Broadway, Winter Hill. Removed to Bos- 
ton in 1S79, and now resides in Copley Square, 
corner of Dartmouth and Boylston streets. He 
was a member of the Somerville School Com- 
mittee for 10 years, and, as chairman of the 
High School Building Committee, personally 
superintended the construction, completing the 
same for nearly one thousand dollars less than 
the sum appropriated, sixty thousand dollars. 
He was a representative from Somerville in 
the Legislature of 1872. Mr. Carlton was 
for many years a member of the firm of 
Ryam, Carlton & Co., manufacturers of fric- 
tion matches. He organized the National Se- 
curity Bank of Boston, and has been president 
of the same for 28 years, also president of the 
Bay State Brick Company, having large manu- 
factories at Cambridge and Medford, and presi- 
dent of the Union Carpet Linmg Company, 
with factory at Watertown. 



Allen F. Carpenter was born at Water- 
ford, Vt., February 28, 1843, the son of 
Francis R. and Achsah (Holbrook) Carpenter, 
of that place. His education was obtained 
at the district school and the Fairbanks 
Academy at St. Johnsbury. Directly after 
leaving school he enlisted in Company H, 
Twelfth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. Mr. 
Carpenter came to Somerville in 1864, and en- 
tered the grocery business in Union Square, 
removing to his present store in 1S69. He was 
a member of the Common Council from Ward 
Two in 1888, and a member of the Board of 
Aldermen in 18S9-90, and a representative 
to the Legislature in 1893-94. He is a mem- 
ber of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, 
Boston Retail Grocers' Association, treasurer 
of the JVeiv Englatid Grocer Publishing Com- 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



69 



pany, director of tlie Somcr\'illc National Bank, 
and a member of the Somerville Board of 
I lealtli, a member of Charity Lodge, F. A. M. ; 
Somerville It. A. Chapter, Oasis Lodge and 
Somerville Encampment, L O. O. F. ; Wono- 
haquaham Tribe, L O. R. M. ; Cential and 
Middlesex Clubs, and a member of Willard C. 
Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. Mr. Carpen- 
ter married Miss Caroline S. I'ratt, daughter 
of Job and Susan (Nichols) I'ratl, of Coha&set. 
They reside on Laurel street. 



Maiitin W. Cakii «as iHirii .it Easton, 
Mass., March 9, iXnj, the son of Caleb and 
Chloc (I'arkcr) Carr, of that place. He is a 
<lircct ilescendant of Robert Carr, governor of 
Rhode- Island in 1692. I lis education was ob- 
tained in the district school ami the Adclphian 
Academy at North Bridgcwatcr. He began his 
business life by learning the manufacture of 
shovels with the Anic» Company at North 
Faston. Thence he went to Attleboro, where 
he actjuired n thorough knowledge of the art of 
manufacturing jewelry. In 1856 he went into 
business for himself at Attleboro. For three 
years he was foreman at the L'. S. Armory at 
Springfield, when he came to Boston and rc- 
entere<l the jewelry business, in which he still 
continues. Mr. Carr came to Somerville in 
1864, and has serxed the city as an Alderman 
from Ward Four in iSSo and iSSi.and as a 
member of the School Conuniltcc since 1SS4. 
lie is a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. tV 
A. M. ; Somerxille R. A. Chapter; Cn-ur de 
Lion Commandcry. K. T. ; the Central and 
Mvstic Vallev Clubs, the Massachusetts Char- 
itable Mechanic Association, and Excelsior 
Council, Royal Arcanum. Mr. Carr married 
Miss Emily Brackett, of Qjiincy. They reside 
on Craigie street. The new school building on 
Beach street, recently erected, was named in 
Mr. Carr's honor. 



Nevvei-L F. Caswei.l was born in Stratlbrd, 
N. II., Apiil 15, 1S45. He attentled the com- 
mon schools and, at the age of 14, went to 
work as office boy for the Cocheco Manufac- 
turing Company of Dover, where he worked 
until he was 17, when he enlisted in the Twen- 
ty-eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 
and sened until the close of the war, and was 
present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. 
He came to Somenille in 1S69 and was em- 
ployed by S. R. Rollins, cracker baker, until 
1S73, when he was appointed on the police 
force, where he remained until 1SS3, when he 
resigned to enter the employ of \Villiams & 
Co., of Nashua, N. II., dealers in Frances- 
town soapstone, and opened a Boston oflice 
I'or thcnj on Bowker street, where he has since 
been their Boston manager. He was elected a 
member of the Conunon Council from Ward 
Two in 1SS5, and from Ward Four in iS9o-'9i, 
ami a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
1S92. .\Ir. Caswell is a member of Willard 
C. Kinsley Post, No. 139. Royal Arcanum, 
Knights of IIf)iii)r, Home Circle and the Red 
Mi-n. 



Leovaki) B. Ciiandi.kk was born in Prince- 
ton, Mass., August 29, 1S51. He attended the 
public schools of his native town, and worked 
on a farm in his younger days. At the age of 
19 he moved to Charlestown and soon after 
purchased a milk route in Boston, which he 
owns at the present time. In 1S73 he moved 
to Somerville, into the house on Jacques street, 
where he now resides. He was elected Coun- 
cilman from Ward Three in 1S92-93, and was 
a member of the Board of Ahlermen in 1S94- 
95, and in 1S95-96 was elected Representative 
to the Legislature. Mr. Chaiuller is a promi- 
nent Mason, Odtl Fellow, member of the 
Daughters of Rebckah, Eastern .Star, Ancient 
Order L'nitcd Workmen, New England Order 
Protection, and is a member of the Knight 
Templars. 



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Daniel E. Chase was born in Warner, 
N. H., October 31, 1S29. His boyhood was 
passed on the farm, and his education was 
obtained at the district school. Coming to 
Boston in 1S50, he found employment at 
the old Bowman distillery. In 1S54 '^^ ^^' 
came superintendent of Trull Brothers' dis- 
tillery in Charlestown, and a partnership with 
the Trulls soon followed, which lasted till 1878, 
when Mr. Chase retired. In 1SS3 he erected 
the plant on Somen'ille avenue, where he con- 
ducts an extensive business. Mr. Chase served 
in the Somerville Board of Aldermen from 
Ward Two in 1S72, and on the School Com- 
mittees of 1S74-75-76 and '77. Mr. Chase 
has been W. M. of William Price Lodge, F. A. 
M. ; H. P. of King Solomon Chapter, R. A. 
M. ; E. C. of Mt. Palestine Commandery, K. 
T. ; and G. M. of Xaphthate Council, R. and 
S. M. He has been deputy grand master of 
the sixth Masonic district, and is a life member 
of the Massachusetts Consistory, Scottish Rite. 
He is an Odd Fellow, and P. G. of Oasis 
Lodge, and is a member of Wonohaquaham 
Tribe, I. O. R. AL Mr. Chase married 
Mary A. Hoxie, of Castine, Me. The}' reside 
on Park street. 



Elijah C. Clark was born at East Corinth, 
Me., in 1845, the son of Leonard and Harriet 
(Clement) Clark. He went to Bangor when 
he was twelve years old, and remained there 
until the war broke out, when he enlisted 
in the First Maine Heavj- Artillery. He was 
seriously wounded at Petersburg. He came to 
Somerville in 1S71. He served the city in the 
Common Council from Ward One in 1S7S and 
1879, and in the Board of Aldermen in iSSo, 
1S81 and 1S82. He was representative to the 
Legislature in 1883 and 18S4, and has been 
a trustee of the Public Library since 1SS9. 
He is engaged in the wholesale fruit and pro- 
duce business in Boston. He is a member of 
Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Somerville R. A. 
Chapter; DeMolay Commandery, K. T. ; Ex- 



celsior Council, R. A. ; Webcowit Club, Tay- 
lor Club, of Boston, and Boston Fruit and 
Produce Exchange. Mr. Clark married Miss 
\'iola J. Peaslee, daughter of Daniel and 
Elizabeth (HoUon) Peaslee, of Xewton, N. 
H. They reside on Rush street. 



John F. Cole was born in Salem, May 16, 
1S35, the son of John and ISIary Ann (Gowan) 
Cole. lie was educated in the public schools 
of his native city, and when quite young 
entered the freight office of the Boston & 
Maine Railroad. He was promoted to the 
position of cashier in the treasurer's office, and 
afterward became general ticket agent. He 
was in the ser^■ice of the road, in all, about 
fifteen years. He came to .Somerville to live 
in 1S62. When the Narragansett Steamship 
Company was formed he became general ticket 
agent. The offices were first in the Old State 
House Building, Boston, but were afterward 
transferred to New York, ^^'hile in New- 
York he also became treasurer of the L^nited 
States Tow Boat Company. He resigned his 
position as agent of the steamship company to 
take charge of the private interests of two 
wealthy citizens of New York. He was 
elected treasurer of the New Jersey Southern 
Railroad, which position he afterward relin- 
quished to take the more active position of 
general passenger and freight agent of the same 
road. In 1S75 he returned to Somerville. He 
served the city in the Board of Aldermen from 
Ward One in 1S76, '77, '78 and '79, and dur- 
ing his term was chosen the first president of 
the Board. He was a member of the Water 
Board in iSSo and i8Si,andwas elected City 
Treasurer in 1SS2, and has held the position 
since, making twentv-two years' continuous 
service to the city. He is a thirty-second 
degree Mason, was a charter member of Soley 
Lodge, and held first the position of treasurer, 
was afterward secretary, and was master of the 
lodge for two years. He received the consis- 
tory degrees in New York. He is a member of 



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Somerville Royal Arcanum Chapter; Dc Mo- 
lay Commandery ; Beacon Lodge, A. O. U. 
\V. ; Excelsior Council, R. A. ; Mt. Benedict 
Lodge, K. of IL; Central and Webcowit 
Clubs ; Middlesex Club, of Boston ; Corinthian 
Yacht Club, Massachusetts City Treasurers' 
Association, Mystic N'alley Club, and is treas- 
urer and a trustee of the Somerville Hospital. 



Aakii.n R. Cooi.iikje was born in Water- 
town in 1S25. His boyhood was spent on a 
farm and he attended the village school in the 
meantime. After becoming thoroughly versed 
in farming he drove a market wagon to Boston 
for about 15 years, and in i>'57 went into the 
commission business in Boston, dealing in fruits 
and vegetables, and, with the exception of four 
years, has continued in the same line up to the 
present time. In 1S43 Mr. Coolidge went to 
Japan, with the first cargo of ice that was ever 
shippeil to that port from the L'nitcil .States, 
and rcmaine<l there in the ice and stevedore 
business until 1S47, when he returned to this 
country. He was elected a member of the 
Board of AMcrmcn from \Var»l Two in 1S79 
and resides at 70 Mt. IMeasant street. 

E/RA D. CoNANT was born in Irasburg, Vt., 
in November, iSii. He attended the village 
schools of his native town, ami afterwar<l went 
into the grocery business, in which he continucti 
until 1S48. when he njovcd to Charlestown and 
opened a store in the same line, and, after carry- 
ing on the store there for several years, sold out 
ami went into Boston and engageil in the 
wholesale business lor a number of years, in 
partnership at dilVcrent times with a Mr. Blake 
and a Mr. Sanborn. Mr. Conant moved to 
Somerville in its early history and was elected 
a member of the Common Council from Ward 
One in 1S72, and was a member of the Board 
of Aldermen in 1873, and continued to take an 
active interest in the city aflairs up to the time 
of his death, which occurred in 18S7. 



John R. Co.n.\xt was born in Irasburg, Vt., 
April 12, 1S23, the son of Samuel and Sarah 
(Richardson) Conant, of that place. His edu- 
cation was obtained in the common district 
schools, and his time was otherwise occupied 
in ordinary farm duties till he was 21 years of 
age, when he came to Boston. He entered 
upon business as a grocer at Charlestown Neck 
in 1.S44, thence removing to Leverett street, 
Boston, where he remained for many years. 
Finally, he located on Merchants Row, where 
he remained until March, 1S97, when he re- 
tired from business. Mr. Conant was a mem- 
ber of the Common Council from Ward Three 
in 1S76, and of the Board of Aldermen in 
1S77-78. Mr. Conant joined Warren Lodge 
of Masons, and is a charter member of Somer- 
ville R. A. Chapter. He has been forty 
years an Od»l Fellow, taking the degrees in 
Montezuma Lodge, and is a charter member 
of Paul Revere Lo<lge. He is a member of 
I'nity Council, Itoyal .Vrcanum, and Webcowit 
Tribe, I. O. R. M Mr. Conant has been 
twice married: lust, in iS.),S, to Miss Susan 
Doilge, of Edgec<imbe, Me., and in 1S61 to 
Miss Lucy I. Norwood, daughter of Captain 
.\loscs \orwoo<l, of Pembroke, .Me. They 
reside on Marshall street. 

John W. Coxversk was born in Marlbor- 
ough, N. 11., July 3, 1848. He received his 
education in the common schools of his native 
town, and at a neighboring academy, after 
which he studied law with Wheeler & Faulk- 
ner, of Kcenc, X. H., and Judge .Soule of this 
State. After being admitted to the bar, Mr. 
Converse has since been engageil in the practice 
of law, and has an office at 28 .School street, 
Boston. He moved to Somerville, in 1880, 
and has always been very prominent in local 
politics, and was elected a member of the 
Board of Aldermen, from Ward Four, in 1889- 
yo. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Red 
Men, Royal Arcanum and Royal Conclave, 
and Knights and Ladies. 



Representative Men of Somerville. 



Charles H. Crane was Isorn in Fayette, 
Me., in 1S43. He was educated in the com- 
mon schools of his native town and of those of 
Livermoie Falls. At the breaking out of the 
war he enlisted and served three years, after 
which he settled in Boston, where he remained 
a vear, and came to Somerville in 1S69 and 
opened a drug stoie on the corner of Pearl and 
Myrtle streets, and moved to his present place 
of business in 1S69. Mr. Crane was elected a 
member of the Legislature in 1893 and 1S94, 
and served on important committees. He is a 
member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , Somer- 
ville Royal Arch Chapter, Orient Council, De 
Molay Commandery, Royal Arcanum, Knights 
of Honor, Ancient Order United Workmen, 
and a member of the Past Commanders' Union 
of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and has 
been a member of the Somerville Board of 
Health for five years. He resides at No. 133 
Perkins street. 

John Adams Cummings was born in Nelson, 
N. H., January 16, 1S38. He was educated 
in the common schools of his native town, 
and the Scientific and Literary Institute of 
New London, N. H., where he remained 
two years, teaching school during the winter. 
He commenced the study of law, and con- 
tinued until the war broke out, when he was 
among the first to enlist. He was commis- 
sioned Lieutenant of the Sixth New Hamp- 
shire Volunteers at the age of 23, and served 
three years in that regiment in the Army of the 
Potomac in the West. He was then made 
Major of the First New Hampshire Cavalry, 
and served with Sheridan's army until the close 
of the war. After spending two years in the 
West Mr. Cummings returned to Boston and 
engaged in the printing business. In 1867 he 
moved to Somerville, and became publisher of 
the Somerville Journal during 1S71-72. In 
1874 he was elected representative to the Legis- 
lature He was elected Alderman from Ward 
Four in 1877-7S, and in 1881 was elected 
Mayor, which office he held for four years. He 



was faithful, courteous and painstaking; at the 
same time fearless and justly conservative in 
municipal affairs. He died January 6, 1877. 
Cummings School, which was built during his 
term as Mayor, was named in his honor in 
1S84. 

Sii.As L. Cummings was born in Waldo- 
boro. Me., in 1851. He attended the com- 
mon schools of the place, and lived there 
until he was 20 years old when he moved 
to East Somerville and afterwards to Lex- 
ington, where he resided for ten jears, and 
moved to West Somerville in 1S82, since which 
time he has been engaged in the milk business. 
Mr. Cummings is also interested in real estate 
and owns several valuable pieces of property 
in that locality. He was elected a member of 
the Common Council from Ward Four in 1896- 
97, and is a member of the present Board of 
Aldermen. He is a member of the Masons, 
Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and the 
Knights and Ladies of Honor. He resides on 
Elm street, West Somerville. 



Thomas Cunningham was born in Groton, 
January 3, 181 5. He came to Boston in 
1S23, and attended the Fort Hill and Hawkins 
street schools. He was left the only support 
of his mother and five sisters at the age of 13. 
He began to go to sea in 1S32, and con- 
tinued until 1857, when he went into busi- 
ness in Boston. He was elected Selectman 
in 1862, and served on the Board during 
the war. He was Town Treasurer from 
1863 to 1872, a member of the Board of As- 
sessors for 13 years, Overseer of the Poor for 
ten years, representative to the Legislature in 
1S76-77, was appointed Inspector of Milk in 
1S78, and Inspector of Vinegar in 1889, and 
continued as such until 1896, when he retired 
to private life. He was a prominent Mason, 
Odd Fellow, Knight Templar, and an honorary 
member of several military organizations. 
Capt. Cunningham was twice married, his first 



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wife being Miss Marin Ingalls of Andover, 
Mass., and his second wife was Miss Annie I. 
Ingnlls of Kinderhook, N. Y. He resided at 
No. 3 Oak street. He had an apoplectic shock 
in December, 1S93, an<l was an invalid until 
the time of his death, which occurred August 
10, 1896. 

Edwin A. C'fKTis was born in Hoston, in 
February, iSi). He attended the common 
schools and, after completing his studies, went to 
work in a printing oftice, and continued in that 
trade for a number of years, until he went to 
work in a type foundry, at which business he 
was employed at the time of his death, which 
occurred in iSSo. Mr. Curtis moved to Som- 
erville in iSftj and was interested in the history 
of Somcr\ille as a town, and when it was 
made a city he was elected a member of the 
C(»mmon Council for the liist two years and 
was a member of the Hoard of Aldermen in 
iS^.f-and 7^. He lived on. Mt. Vernon street. 



Samiei. Ccti.ek was born in Townsend, 
\'t., August zy, 1825. NN'hen he was two years 
old his parents moved to lirooklinc, which is 
an adjoining town, where he received his early 
education, and Hm-iI until he was ;:o vears old, 
when he moved to Moston antl went t<> work in 
a paper stock store, where he remained for 
about 12 vears, when In- went into business 
himself with Mr. Hill, under the firm name of 
Hill \ Cutler, and continues in the same busi- 
ness at the present time at 567 Atlantic avenue. 
He moveil ti> Sonierville in 1S57. and in 1SS7- 
88 represented Ward One in the Legislature. 
Mr. Cutler has always been a prominent citi- 
zen, and for thirty years has been tlcacon of 
the East Somervillc Baptist Church, which 
was formerly the Perkins-Street Baptist Church. 
He resitles at No. 70 I'earl street. 



In 1S66, and was admitted to the New York Bar 
that year. The following year, however, he 
began practice in Boston. He has resided 
in Somerville since 1S73, having been City 
Solicitor of Somerville from January, 1S76 to 
1SS7. He represented the Sixth .Middlesex 
Representative District, then comprising Wards 
Three and Four, in the General Court in 1SS6 
and 1 887, being upon the Committee on Steam 
Railroads and House Chairman of the Commit- 
tee on the Litjuor Law, also on the Committee 
on Rules and Probate and Chancery. In 1S92 
he was chosen as president of the Congrega- 
tional Club of Boston, and has been president 
of the Congregational Church Union of Boston 
and vicinity ever since its organization. He is 
also a member of the Prudential Committee of 
the American Board of Commissioners for 
Foreign Missions. He was chosen president of 
the Charter Revision Committee for Somerville, 
which reported a new charter for the city to the 
General Court in 1897-98. He was married 
December 27, 1871, and has five children. 

L\MKs B. David was born in .'\mherst, N. 
H.. June 17, 1835. His education wa.s re- 
ceived in the Lawrence .\cademy, Groton. 
After leaving school he went West, where he 
engaged in business, and came home at the 
time of the war and enlisted with the Second 
Regiment. New Hampshire \"i)hinteers, where 
he served as lieutenant. He was afterwards in 
the Fifth New Hampshire, when he was trans- 
ferred to the Seventh Regiment of Iowa Cav- 
alry as first lieutenant. He rose by suc- 
cessive promotions to the rank of captain, 
major, lieutenant-colonel, and, upon discharge, 
was brevetted colonel. He was a member of 
the Common Council in 1874-75, ^"'^ '"* mem- 
ber of the Board of Aldermen in 1879-So. 
He resides on Belmont street. 



Sami'KL C. Darmxc. was born at Milltown, 
N. B., March 5, 1843, graduated at Yale Col- 
lege in 1864, and from the Albany Law School 



Josiii'A H. Davis was born in Truro, Nov- 
ember 14, 1S14, the son of Ebeneza Lombard 
and Azuba Ilinkley Davis. He was educated in 



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the common schools of his native town, and the 
Teachers' Seminary, at Andover, graduating in 
1S36. From 1S40 to 1S54 he was principal of 
the Truro Academy, resigning on account of 
failing health. He was afterward secretary of 
the United States Insurance Co. for nine years. 
Since 1S54 he has lived in Somer\'ille, and 
from 1S66 to 1S8S he was superintendent of the 
public schools. He served two terms, 1SS9-90, 
in the Legislature. He was an assistant asses- 
sor of Somerville in 1S91. He has been a 
member of the Franklin Street Congregational 
Church since it was organized in 1S55, and was 
its clerk from 1S64 to 1SS9, and for a number 
of years has been a deacon, still sei-ving in that 
capacity. Mr. Davis married, in 1S39, Miss 
Anna Gross Lombard. His home is on Myrtle 
street. East Somerville. 



Levi F. S. Davis was born at Truro, Mass., 
October 3, 1S47, ^^^^ ^O" of Benjamin and 
Betsey (Stevens) Davis, of that town. His 
education was obtained at the Prescott Gram- 
mar and the high schools of Somerville. On 
leaving school he entered upon commercial life, 
and engaged in the business of ship brokerage, 
chandlery and wholesale paper stock. Air. 
Davis came to Somerville in 1S56, and served 
the city in the Common Council from Ward 
One in 1881 and 1S82, and the Board of Alder- 
men in 1SS3 and 1884, the last year as presi- 
dent of the Board, and represented the city in 
the Legislature of 1885 and 1S86. Mr. Davis 
is a member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; 
Oasis Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; and several fraternal 
organizations. Mr. Davis married Miss Mary 
A., daughter of Captain Edgar and Mary 
(Stevens) Paine, of Truro. They reside on 
Pearl street. 

Oliver J. Davis was born in Boston in 
1821. He received his education in the public 
schools, and at the time of the gold craze in 
1849 went to California, where he remained 
until 1862, when he returned to Boston and 



engaged in the round lumber business, in 
which he continued until the time of his death. 
He moved to vSomerville in 1864, and in 1876- 
77 he was elected a member of the Common 
Council from Ward One, and was a member of 
the Board of Aldermen in 1878-79. Mr. Davis 
was a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. 
& A. M. ; charter member of Soley Lodge, a 
member of Waverly Royal Arch Chapter of 
Melrose, and Hugh DePayn Commandery, K. 
T. He died October 14, 18SS. 



James F. Davlin was born in Lowell, Au- 
gust 25, 1S42. He attended the public schools 
and, at the age of 16, he learned the plumber's 
trade. In 1S62 he enlisted in the navy, and 
after the war settled in Cambridge, where he 
became a member of the City Council in 1S74- 
76. He moved to Somerville in 1S7S and 
engaged in the business of sanitary plumbing, 
which he is now engaged in. He was a rep- 
resentative to the Legislature in 1887 from 
Ward Two, and in 1S98 was elected a member 
of the Board of x\ldermen from the same ward. 
Mr. Davlin is a member of Willard C. Kinsley 
Post, No. 139, G. A. R. ; St. Joseph's Total Ab- 
stinence Society, Master Plumbers' Association 
of Boston and vicinity, .Somerville Celts, Kear- 
sarge Naval Veterans, Improved Order of Red 
Men, Good Fellows, United Workmen, Som- 
erville Catholic Lyceum. He was married in 
1 866 to Miss Rebecca Dow of Lisbon, Maine. 
They reside on Kingman Court. 



George E. Dickerman was born in Stough- 
ton, Mass., April 30, 1824. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of that town and 
the Bridgevvater Normal School. After 
graduating, he taught school in Sharon, Can- 
ton and West Bridgewater. He moved to 
Canton in 1853, and went into the paper box 
business in 1S55, beginning in a smalL shop 
with only two assistants. He gradually in- 
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October of the same year, and went into busi- 
ness in liowdoin Square, where he continued 
until 1S64, when he purchased the business 
property on Green street, where he has con- 
tinued until the present time, and now has one 
of the largest establishments of the kind in the 
L'nitcd States, employing over 200 hands. 
Mr. Dickcrman moved to Somerville, in No- 
vember, 1.S60, and was elected a member of the 
Hoard of Aldermen from Ward Three in 1S74. 
lie was married June 2^, iS^j to Miss Susan 
A. P. Sawtclle, of Sidney, Me., and resides 
on Central street. lie is a member of the Cen- 
tral Club, Masons, and is a K night Templar. 

.Sewaki) Doogk was born in Hamilton, 
Mass., .September 12, 1S23. At the age of 
15 he was apprenticed to Exra liachelder of 
Meverly, with whom he learned the trade of 
carriage ship ami blacksmith. After learning 
his trade he worked in .South Danvers and 
Cliarlcstovvn, and moved to .SomcrNille, May 
13, l'"^.|7, and opened the shop for himself in 
Union .Scpiare, where he has since done a suc- 
cessful i>usiness in horse-shoeing and carriage 
building. He was elected a member of the 
Common Council from Ward Two in 1S77-7S, 
and was a member of the Board of .Mdermen 
in iS7<;-So. lie is a member of the Masons, 
Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Knights of 
Honor, and was for many years a member of 
the National Lancers, First Battalion Cavalry 
of Boston. 

Benjamin J. Downs was born in Falmouth, 
October 1, 1848. His parents moved to Mar- 
tha's N'inevard when he was five years old, 
and he atteiulcil the public schools at N'ine- 
yard Haven. He left school when he was 
16, and went whale llshing for three years, 
after which he moved to Cambridge, where 
he entered the employ of ]. J. Walworth 
«^ Co., where he learnc<l the brass mould- 
er's trade, and remained with them for 10 
years, after which he worked for Mowry & 



Phillips of Boston for 15 years, when he en- 
tered the employ of the .Star Brass Co. of Bos- 
ton, and remained with them until 1S97, when 
he moved onto a farm at Ashburnham. He 
was a Councilman from Waril Four in if<94, 
and was elected a member of the Board of 
Aldermen in 1S95. He was a member of the 
Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of I'nited Work- 
men, and the West Somerville Baptist Clnirch. 



RoBEKT DiDDV was born in Boston, Febru- 
ary 17, 1S43, and was educated in the Eliott 
Grammar .School. He enlisted in the war with 
the Flcventh Massachusetts Battery, and was in 
all the engagements of Grant's army during 
1S64-65. He moved to Somerville in iSSi, and 
was a niember of the Common Council in 
1S86-S7, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
men from Ward Three in iSSS-Sy. He was 
representative to the Legislature in 1S94-95. 
He was appointed .Superintendent of the Health 
Department by Mayor Ilodgkins in 1S96, but 
resigned, after holding the otVice for several 
months, to accept an appointment as Deputy 
.SherilTand Court Otbcer of Middlesex County. 
In 1S91 he establisheil the horse boarding stable 
on Pearl street. He is a menjber of Temple 
Lodge, F. A. M. ; Signet Chapter, R. A. M. ; 
f)rient Council, R. and .">. M. ; Ca-ur de Lion 
Commandery, K. T. ; Paul Revere Lodge, L 
O. O. F. ; Wonohatjuaham Tribe, I. O. R. M. ; 
Monument Council, R. A. ; and is president of 
the \\inter Hill Club. He is an ex-president 
of the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery .Associ- 
ation. Mr. Duddy married Miss Ma rv Corey, 
daughter of Matthew and .Margaret Corev, of 
New York. They reside on Bond street. 

Asa Dcrgin was born in Limerick, Me., 
April 10, iS^l, son of Benjamin and Martha 
(Irish) Durgin. He was educated in the dis- 
trict school of his town and Limerick Acad- 
emy. In 1S49 he came to this vicinitv, and en- 
tered the employ of Gage & Hittinger as an ice- 
man. In 1S5S he went into the ice business, in 



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North Cambridge, on his own account, and is 
now president of the Cambridge Ice Company, 
to whom he sold out in 1S96. Mr. Durgin has 
served the city in the Common Council in 1S77 
and 1S7S, and is the only Alderman who ever 
sei-ved for five successive years, having been a 
member of the Board from Ward Four in 
1S79-S0-S1-83 and 'S3. Mr. Durgin married 
Miss Eliza B. Heald of Lovell, Me., and lives 
in a handsome residence on Broadway, near the 
top of Clarendon Hill. 



Timothy C. Dwver was born in Ireland in 
1S43. When he was four years old his parents 
moved to this country and settled in East Cam- 
bridge, where he attended the public schools. 
He was elected a member of the Overseers of 
the Poor m Cambridge when he was 21, and 
served two years, resigning from the board to 
move to Somerville. He was elected a mem- 
ber of the Common Council from Ward Two 
in 1SS6-S7, and was a member of the Board of 
Aldermen in 1SSS-S9, and was chairman of the 
Committee on Police when the police signal 
system was put in. lie was engaged in the 
shoe business in Caml)ridge in his younger 
days, and for about 28 years has been con- 
nected with the office of the superintendent of 
Holy Cross Cemetery. He resides at 31 S 
Somerville avenue. 



Horace L. Eaton was born in Boston in 
1 85 1. He was educated in the public schools, 
and graduated from the Elliott Grammar 
School in 1866 and the English High School 
in 1869. After leaving school he entered 
the employ of the City Engineer, and 
worked in that office when the Chestnut 
Hill Reservoir and the Atlantic avenue sea 
wall were built. He was appointed City 
Engineer of Somerville by Mayor Burns in 
May, 1887, and continued in that capacity until 
the time of his death which occurred Novem- 
ber 23, 1895. During his term of office Cen- 



tral Hill Park was laid out and graded. The 
improvements were made on Broadway Park- 
way', high service water works were put in and 
Nathan Tufts Park in West Somerville was laid 
out. Mr. Eaton was a member of the Boston 
and National Societies of Civil Engineers, was 
a prominent Mason and a member of the Pros- 
pect Hill Congregational Church. 



Albert W. Edmands was born in Charles- 
town, September 9, 1840. He attended the 
Charlestown schools and graduated from the 
high school in 1S5S, and from Harvard Univer- 
sity in 1862 ; immediately after which he en- 
listed as Orderly Sergeant, with Co. A, 44th 
Massachusetts Volunteers, and served nine 
months, when he was brought home a victim 
of slow fever. After his recovery he went to 
New York, where he remained until iS6^, 
when he moved to Charlestown and went to 
work in the Bimker Hill National Bank, where 
he is now paying teller. Mr. Edmands moved 
to Somerville in 1S72 and was elected a member 
of the Common Council in 18SS-89, and a mem- 
ber of the Board of Aldermen in 1S90-91. 
He is a member of the Knights of Honor, 
Royal Arcanum and Willard C. Kinslej' Post, 
No. 139. He resides on Summer street. 



Edric Ei.dridge was born in Yarmouth, 
Mass., in 1S49, and educated in the public 
schools of his native town. At the age of 
iS he entered a country store, serving three 
years; came to Boston when 21; worked first 
for Moore, Smith & Co., then as salesman 
with J. C. Frye & Co. In 1884 Mr. Eldridge 
went into the wholesale grocery business at 84 
and 86 South Market street, Boston, the firm 
name being Crocker & Eldridge. Mr. Crocker 
retiring in 1S92, Mr. Eldridge carried on the 
business and established the well-known house 
of Eldridge, Baker & Bain, and has been its 
head ever since. Mr. Eldridge removed to 
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interest in city aflairs. He served in the Com- 
mon Council in iStyo and iS(;i, ami in the 
MoanI of Aldermen in 1892 and 1S93. In 1896 
he built a handsome residence near Jamaica 
I'ond, removing there in 1S97. Mr. Eldridge is 
vice-president of the Boston Wholesale Grocers' 
Association, a member of the Chamber of 
Commerce, a member of Revere Lodge, F. A. 
M. ; Somerville K. A. Chapter, DcMolav Com- 
mandcry, K. T. ; Exchange Club, Republican 
Club, Eliut Club, Jamaica Plain ; also the soci- 
ety, Sons of American Revolution, and Massa- 
chusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. 



Ciiaki.es D. Ei.i.iot was bom in Foxboro, 
June 20, 1S37, the son of Joseph and Zenora 
(Tucker) Elliot, came to Somer\ille in l.S.j6; 
was educated in its grammar and high schools, 
and Hopkins Classical School, Cambridge; 
studied civil engineering with William H. 
Stearns (late presiilcnt of I'itchburg Railroad) ; 
was engaged on railroad, water supply and 
sewerage engineering surxcy of Somerville un- 
til iSCii, when he was appointed by War De- 
partment on engineering stall" of Nineteenth 
Army Corps, and served in Port Hudson, Red 
River, and other campaigns in Louisiana and 
Florida imtil 1.S64; married in New Orleans 
Emily J., daughter of Ju<lgc Hycr; he built 
the Arlington water works in lS-l-72, and was 
city engineer of Somerville in 1872, '74 and 
■75 ; he built the Miller river trimk sewer. 
Public Park and widening of Somerville avenue 
etc., made sewers for Cape Cod Canal in 18S2, 
and recently laid out the Mystic Valley Park- 
way. Is engaged in a general and expert pro- 
fessional practice. Is a member of Sons of 
.\merican Revolution, New England Historical 
(Jenealogical, and other societies. He resides 
on Oxford street. 



Nathan A. Fitch, son of Nathan Burnham 
Fitch, was born in Bedford, Mass., in 1S36. He 
was educated in the public schools of that town 
and the New Hampton Institute of Nevs- Hamp- 



ton, N. H. He came to Boston in 1S52, and 
worked in a provision store on Leverett street, 
where he worked for seven years, when he en- 
tered Faneuil Hall Market, where he is at pres- 
ent engaged in the poidtry business. Soon after 
coming to Boston Mr. Fitch became associated 
with the Baptist Bethel, where he has been for 
39 years actively engaged in church and Sun- 
day School work, having been superintendent 
of the Sunday School for 36 years and iS 
years treasurer of the church and society. Mr. 
Fitch is a prominent Otld Fellow, Mason, mem- 
ber of the New England Order of Protection, 
Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Ancient 
Order of United Workman, Boston Fruit and 
Produce Exchange and the Chamber of Com- 
merce. He was elected Councilman from 
Ward One in 18S2, and was a nu-mbcr of 
the Board of Aldermen in 1SS3-S4. Mr. Fitch 
married Mi.ss Calista F. Tarbell, of Rindge, 
N. H. They reside on Franklin street. 



I'liAVK L. I'lTTS was born at Lowell, May 
26, 1848, the son of Isaac N. and Harriet N. 
(Peabody) Fitts, of that city. He was edu- 
cated at the Bartlett (Jramniar and High 
.'Schools of Lowell. Selecting a mercantile 
life, Mr. Fitts came to Boston in 1S66 as a 
bookkeeper for a furnishing goods firm. In 
1.S70 be went into the business on his own 
account, and was burned out in the great fire 
of 1872. He returned to book-keeping and, in 
1S78, connected himself in that capacity with 
George Dunbar & Co. He was admitted a 
member of the firm in 1SS4, and succeeded to 
the entire business in 188S, which he continues 
under the style of the Frank E. Fitts Company. 
Mr. Fitts came to Somerville in 1875, and has 
served the city in the Common Councils from 
Ward Two of 18S2, '83, the last year as presi- 
dent, and 1S91 ; also in the School Committee 
of 1SS3, over which he presided; and was a 
member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S92-93. 
Mr. Fitts is a member of John Abbott Lodge, 



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A. F. & A. M. ; Oasis Lodge, T. O. O. F. ; 
Somerville Lodge, A. O. U. W., of which he 
was the first M. W. ; Franklin Lodge, K. P., 
and the Wonohaquaham Tribe, L O. R. AL 
Mr. Fitts married Miss Lottie, daughter of 
George T. and Charlotte (Brigham) Whitney, 
of Lowell. They reside on Pleasant avenue. 



William H. Flynn was born in Cambridge, 
September 3, 1S50. His family moved to Bos- 
ton, where he attended the public schools. He 
was first employed as errand boy, in a Wash- 
ington street clothing house. He attended 
night school; was two years with C. D. 
Elliott, first city engineer of Somerville, and 
was afterwards associated with his brother in 
business on Somerville avenue. He was elected 
to the Legislature in the fall of 1SS4 and again 
the following fall. He is the only Democrat 
who has ever served two terms as Representa- 
tive from Somerville. He served the city as 
Postmaster from July ist, 1SS6, until Septem- 
ber 1st, 1S91, a little more than five years. 
Since 1 89 1 he has been in the Real Estate and 
Insurance Union Agency. 



Stephen W. Fi'ller, son of Stephen and 
Dorcas Fuller, was born in Charlestown, 
Mass., January i, 1S36. He attended the 
primary school on Bow street, and Training 
Field, Harvard and High schools of Charles- 
town, leaving school in 1S34 to learn the 
lumber business. In 1S60 he engaged in 
business with John F. Ayer, and continued 
until 1875, when Mr. Fuller took charge of 
the business, occupying the same ofiice for 36 
years. In 1895 Mr. Fuller moved to 482 Ruth- 
erford avenue, in order to have more room to 
conduct his business. In i860 Mr. Fuller was 
married to Miss Lavinia P. Turner, of Lyme, 
N. H. In 1873 he was elected Councilman 
from Ward Three, and was elected Alderman 
the following year. He resides at 151 Walnut 
street. 



William H. Furber was born in Boston, 
October i, 1828, the son of Thomas and Sophia 
(Monroe) Furber, of that city. His education 
was obtained in the public schools. Mr. Fur- 
ber came to Somerville during its existence as a 
town, and here exercised a large influence. 
He was a member of the Board of Aldermen 
for 1S72 and '73 from Ward One, one of the 
trustees of the Public Library for 1S73, '74, 
'75, and mayor in 1874 and '75. He delivered 
the centennial address on the history of Somer- 
ville in 1S76, and is now in the insurance busi- 
ness, with his office at 9 Doane street, Boston. 
^Ir. Furber married Miss Joanna, daughter of 
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Boynton) Parker. 
They now reside in Newton. 

Frederick W. Gilbert was born in West 
Brookfield, June 10, 1S61, the son of Zebina A. 
and Almira J. Gilbert, of that town. His early 
education was received in the public schools, 
afterward graduating from a commercial col- 
lege at Worcester. Choosing a business career, 
he entered a boot and shoe counting-room at 
Worcester as a book-keeper, which he supple- 
mented by an experience as a travelling sales- 
man. He came to Somerville in 1SS7, and has 
ever since conducted his boot and shoe business 
in Union Square. Mr. Gilbert was a member 
of the Common Council from Ward Two in 
1S92-93, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
men in 1894-95. ^^ '^^ member of John Ab- 
bott Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and has been secre- 
tary of the Retail Shoe Dealers' National Asso- 
ciation. Mr. Gilbert married Miss Jennie A., 
daughter of Colonel E. T. and Mary J. (Gray- 
son) Sherlock, of Detroit, Mich., and resides 
on School street. 



Joseph J. Giles was born in Somerville, 
March 24, 1S42, the first male child born in 
the new town, the son of John B. and Olive 
(Burrell) Giles. He attended the Prospect 
Hill Grammar and the high schools. In 1861 
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Company B, Fifth Massachusetts \'olunteers, 
and, later, he became first lieutenant of Com- 
pany E, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts N'oiunteers. 
In 1S63 he served on the statV of General Mar- 
tindalc, commandant of Washington. Since 
the war he has heen engaged in the real estate 
business in Union St(uarc. Mr. Giles served 
the city as representative in the Legislature of 
iSrjl and iSiji. He is a member of John 
Abbott Lodge, A. F. A; A. .\I. ; Somerville R. 
A. Chapter, Wonohaijuaham Tribe, L O. R. 
^L ; Royal Arcanum, Indepeiulcnt Order Good 
Fellows, Ancient Onler I iiited Workmen and 
Mystic \'alley Club. Mr. Giles married Miss 
Lucy NL Welch, daughter of Abraham and 
Martha (I'nderwood) Welch, of Somerville. 
They reside on Putnam street. 

CllARl.Ks v.. (ill. MAN, son of Joseph and 
Lucy .Sawyer Gilman, was born in .'shrews- 
bury, January 1, 1.S09. His father died when 
he was very young and soon after his mother 
moved to Meilford, where he received his early 
e<lucation in the public schools. Soon afker 
leaving school he procured a position with the 
Moston \ Lowell Railroad, where he sold the 
first ticket ever sold over the road from Moston 
to Lowell. Af>er remaining with the railroad 
for seven years, he was employed by the New 
England Hank of Moston, where he remained 
until iS'ji, when .Somcr\ille was made a city, 
and he resigned to accept the otlice of City 
Clerk, having been Town Clerk ever since 
Somerville was set otT from Charlestown in 
1842. Mr. (iilman moved to Somerville, then 
Charlestown. in 1838, and purchased several 
acres of lanil and a house on Walnut street, 
where he lived for 45 years. He was City 
Clerk until the time of his death, which oc- 
curretl in Medford, Mass., at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. George C. .Skilton, Februarj-, 
22, 1.SS8. Monday evening, January 2d, 18S2, 
Mr. Gilman was tendered a banquet bv his 
many frientis of the city, it being his fortieth 
anniversarj- as Town and City Clerk. At that 



time he was presented with a handsome watchi 
chain and seal, as a token of the regard in 
which he was held by the people of Somer- 
ville, which has always remained in the family. 
He was one of the incorporators of the First 
Unitarian Society, and took a prominent part in 
all the affairs of the town; was a member of 
John Abbott Lodge, and Mystic R. A. Chap- 
ter of Medford. 



Edwaiii) Gi-iNEs was born in Somerville, 
and received his early education in the public 
schools, graduating from the high school in 1S69. 
He then went to work in the fancy grocery 
store of 11. T. Parker & Co. of Charlestown, 
after which he carried on a Moston antl Somer- 
ville express business for two years. In 1S72 
he entered the employ of his father in the cof- 
fee business, as clerk, and worked in every 
branch of the business, including the mill and 
factory, and has been the travelling salesman, 
agent, buyer and book-keejier, thus becoming 
thoroughly versed in all branches of the busi- 
ness. When his father retired in iSSo he suc- 
ceeded him as jiroprietor, and has graduallv 
increased his business. .Mr. Glines has always 
been actively interesteil in .Somerville politics, 
anil has helil many olliccs. He was a member 
of the Conmion Council from Ward Three in 
1S7S-79, and was president of that body the 
second year. He was a Rcjjrescnfative to the 
Legislature in 1SS2-S3, and a member of the 
State Senate in iSSy-SS. He was a delegate 
to the Republican National Convention, in 
1S92, and was a Presidential Elector the same 
year, and voted for Harrison and Reid, in the 
Electoral College. He was a member of the 
Republican .State Committee in 1885-86, and 
was appointed Aide de Camp, with the rank of 
Captain, on General Mathew's Stafl", 1st Regi- 
ment M. \'. M. in August, 1S97. He was a 
member of the Overseers of the Poor for three 
years, and was one of the early members of 
the Central Club, and has served as president ; 
has been a member of the Webcowit Club, and 



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is now a memher of the Winter Hill Club, and 
the Middlesex, New England and Taylor Clubs 
of Boston, Boston Athletic Association, and the 
Sons of American Revolution, and is a member 
of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, 
Knights Templar and the Veteran Firemen's 
Association. "Sir. Glines married Miss Frances 
C. Hanks of Augusta, Maine, and resides on 
Highland avenue. 



Jacob T. Glines, was born in Moultonbor- 
ough, N. H., Juh- 3o, 1S17. He removed to 
Charlestown, when a young man, and married, 
in 1S40, Miss Sarah A. Washburn, of Kenne- 
bunk. Me. He was always identified with the 
prosperity of Somerville as a town and city ; 
member of the last board of selectmen, and 
was elected a member of the first Board of Al- 
dermen, in 1S72, from Ward Three, and was 
re-elected in 1S73-75-76, was elected Repre- 
sentative to the Legislature in 1S78-79. Dur- 
ing his life he carried on an extensive brick 
business, and for many years was a prominent 
Coffee merchant in Boston, establishing a busi- 
ness as Importer, Jobber and Roaster, at No. 2 
Haymarket Square, in 1S3S, where he contin- 
ued until 1S80, when he retired from business, 
and was succeeded by his son, Edward Glines, 
who has since carried on the business, and is 
now located at No. 50 India street, where he 
moved in 1S97. Mr. Glines was a charter 
member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I. O. O. P., of 
Charlestown. He died August 3, 1SS2. The 
Jacob T. Glines Schoolhouse on Jacques street 
was named in his honor. 



Abija B. Gookix, son of Thomas Thwing 
and Mary Brown Gookin, was born in Water- 
town, Mass., September 7, 1S25. He attended 
the public schools of that town until he was 15 ; 
when 19 attended the High School at Fitchburg. 
Mr. Gookin went into the provision business 
in Boston, October i, 1S46, at 370 Commercial 
street, where he remained for 50 years, retir- 



ing from business in 1S97. He moved to 
Somerville in 1S73, and has since resided in 
the same house at 15 Grand View Avenue. 
He was elected Councilman from Ward Two, 
in 1S79, was elected Alderman in iSSo-iSSi. 
He is a member of the Boston Chamber of 
Commerce, Fruit and Produce Exchange, and 
has been deacon of the Union Square Baptist 
Church for a number of years. Mr. Gookin 
has been twice married, his first wife being 
Miss Sarah F. Munroe of Cambridgeport. 
His second wife. Miss Louisa M. Loring of 
Boston. 

Charles H. Guild was born at Roxbury, 
June II, 1S25, the son of Chester and Harriet 
(Fiske) Guild. He received his education in 
the public schools of Roxbuiy, supplemented 
by a course at Chauncy Hall School in Boston. 
He followed the occupation of his father, hav- 
ing obtained a thorough practical knowledge of 
the leather business. In this he continued 
many years. He became a resident of Somer- 
ville soon after its incorporation as a separate 
municipality, and has served the town in various 
public capacities, having been a member of the 
Board of Selectmen and School Committee, 
president of the Board of Trustees of the Pub- 
lic Library, and was elected to the Legislature 
in 1882. He has held other positions of trust 
and responsibility. In all public, religious, 
educational and patriotic movements he has 
been a zealous worker and supporter. Mr. 
Guild married, November 31, 1S4S, Margaret 
Jane, daughter of William and Abigail (Eaton) 
Fox, of Woburn. In 1S88 Mr. Guild moved 
to Newton Highlands, where he resided until 
the time of his death, which occurred Novem- 
ber 17, 1896. 



George \\'. Hadley was born in Somer- 
ville, now Charlestown, in 1S26. He was 
educated in the public schools of Somerville, 
and was engaged in the coal and wood 
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years. He was a member of the Board of 
Selectmen for four years during the war, and 
was a member of the first Board of Aldermen 
from Wartl One. He was a member of the 
Board of Assessors for 15 years. Mi. Hadley 
was married in 1852 to Miss Elizabeth Moore, 
and resides on Perkins street, East Somer>'illc. 



|<iiiN G. Hai.i., son of Lieut. Seth and 
Khoda Gilmore Hall, was born in Uaynham, 
Mass., October 27, iSio. When |<S years 
old he lefk l)on)c and walked to Boston where 
he entered the employ of his lirother, who 
at that time coniluctcd a provision store on 
Cambridjje street. After working there for 
a few years he went into the shipping and 
commission business at 6^ Chatham street with 
Frederick I. add, under the lirm name of I.add 
\ ILill, which, at the death of Mr. I.add 
in iS(>:;, was changed to John G. Hall A; Co. 
Mr. Hall afterward took his two sons, Herbert 
C anil, Irving (i., into business with him, and 
at the tinie of his death in Aug\ist, l.SSi, they 
succectled him. Mr. Hall married Miss Sarah 
Cushing, daughter of Isaac Cushing of Boston, 
in iS.}6, and, after living in Cambridge for 
three years, moved into a new house that had 
been built for them, on the corner of Summer 
and Cambridge streets, on Spring Hill, which 
is occupied at the present time by .Mr. Hall's 
son. Mr. Hall was a member of the School 
Board from iSsv *o 'S''>5 ; a member of the 
Board of Selectmen from iS6y to 1S71, and a 
member of the first Board of Aldermen in 
1872. Mr. Hall died, leaving a wife, five sons 
and one daughter, Mrs. Charles E. l^dd, of 
Portland, Oregon. 



Fmanki.in I. Hambi.in was born in Somer- 
ville, November 2S, 1852, the son of Samuel 
and Harriet R. (Hubbard) Hamblin. He was 
educated in the public schools of the town, and 
at the age of 17 went to learn the machinist's 
trade. He was afterward employed in the 



pump factory of Caleb Kingman. In iS7!S he 
became book-keeper in the office of the supreme 
secretary of the Royal Arcanum, giving up the 
position to accept a position as accountant in 
the office of the commissioner of the American 
Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association. Upon 
the dissolution of the association he became 
book-keeper for Kilborn, Whitman & Co. He 
was elected to the Common Council from Ward 
Two in 1S91-93, and was an Alderman in 
1S93-94. He is now treasurer of the Somer- 
ville Co-operative Bank. He is a member of 
the Royal Arcanum and Good Fellows. Mr. 
Hamblin married Miss Antoinette H., daughter 
of Samuel and Rebecca R. (Howes) Dill, of 
Chatham. They reside on Walnut street. 



HoitAt I. Haskins was born in Dover. \*t., 
.\pril 3, i.S2</. He attendeil school in his na- 
tive town and at Brattleboro, and spent the 
remainder of his time working on the farm. 
When a young man he went to Worcester and 
was employed in a machine shop until 1851, 
when he movetl to Boston, anil soon after went 
to work for a large commission house, who 
dealt in <dd metal, and after learning the busi- 
ness went in for himself, forming a partnership 
with ."^amuel A. Montague, ex-mayor of Cam- 
bridge, and continueil for 35 years, after which 
he was manager of two of the largest pulp 
mills in the State of Maine, for four years, un- 
til the time of his death, which occurred July 
15, 1S93. Mr. Haskins moved to Somcrville 
in iSsftf anil was a member of the last l?oard of 
Selectmen and the first Board of Aldermen, and 
was a Representative to the Legislature in 1S74. 
He was married in 1S53 to Miss Laura 15. 
lameson of Manchester, Vt., and had a son, 
Mr. Charles Haskins, who succeeded him in 
business. 

Daniel H. Havward was born in Bridge- 
water, Mass., January 25, 1S36. He attended 
the public schools until he was iS, when he 
went to Portland, Me., and went to work in a 



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provision store for four years, after which he 
was admitted as a partner. He came to Boston 
in iS6o and engaged in the manufacture of con- 
fectionery with Daniel Forbes and Albert F. 
Ilayward, under the firm name of Forbes, Hay- 
ward & Co. ^Ir. Hayward moved to Somer- 
ville in 1S64, and was elected a member of the 
Board of Aldermen in 1SS4. ]Mr. Hayward 
purchased a handsome residence on Cherry 
street soon after moving to Somerville, where 
he lived until his death, which occurred on Jan- 
uar\- 3, 1SS5. 

Charles M. Hemenway was born in Somer- 
ville, December 14, 1S5S. He attended the 
Somerville schools, and graduated from the 
high school in 1S77 and Harvard College in 
iSSi, after whicli he attended Law School for 
two years, and then entered the office of Charles 
S. Lincoln, where he remained a few years, 
and then opened an office of his own. He was 
elected a member of the Common Council from 
Ward One in iSS^-SS, and the Board of Alder- 
men in 1SS9-90. Mr. Hemenway is a member 
of the Masons, and the Central and Webcowit 
Clubs, and resides on Central street. 



William H. Hodgkins was born in Charles- 
town, June 9, 1840. His education was ob- 
tained in the Harvard Grammar and the Charles- 
town high schools. On leaving school he 
learned the business of a merchant, in the South- 
ern shipping and commission trade, on State 
street. In July, 1S62, he enlisted in Company 
B, Thirty-sixth Regiment, ^Massachusetts Vol- 
unteers, was promoted second lieutenant, first 
lieutenant, adjutant, and captain. In 1S65 he 
was brevetted major. After the war I\Iajor 
Hodgkins came to Somerville, and entered the 
service of the city of Boston, in the department 
of public institutions, where he sened as clerk 
of the board for twentv-one vears. He is now 
trustee of the estate of the late J. Putnam Brad- 
lee. Major Hodgkins served the city in the 
Common Council of 1S73 and 1S74, the last 



year as president. In 1S93 he was elected 
mayor, which position he held for four years. 
In 1S97 he was elected a member of the Massa- 
chusetts Senate. Major Hodgkins is a member 
of Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. ; 
of the Loyal Legion; and was five j-ears presi- 
dent of the Somerville Young Men's Christian 
Association. He is the author of the history of 
the Thirty-sixth Regiment, and the battle of 
Fort Stedman. Major Hodgkins married Miss 
S. Augusta Hayward, daughter of Ebenezer 
and Sarah (Lane) Hayward, of Boston. They 
reside on Central street. 



Samuel \V. Holt was born in Landgrove, 
Vt., October 23, 1S27, the son of Reuben and 
Sibil (Piper) Holt, of that town. His school- 
ing was obtained in district schools of his native 
town. In 1845 he came to Boston and obtained 
employment in the grocery trade, but soon con- 
nected himself with the teaming business of 
Fifield, Richardson & Co. Purchasing the in- 
terest of a retiring member, he entered the firm, 
and continued there imtil he retired, in 189=;. 
He was a member of the Boston Volunteer Fire 
Department nine years, and was a charter mem- 
ber of the Boston Light Artillery, First Mounted 
Battery, M. V. M. He came to Somerville in 

1560, and has served in the Common Council of 
1S84 and 1SS5, in the Board of Aldermen in 
1S86 and 1 887, and on the Water Board of 1889 
and 1S90. He is a member of John Abbott 
Lodge, A. F. cS: A. M. ; Somerville R. A. 
Chapter ; Boston Veteran Firemen's Associa- 
tion, and the Vermont Association. Mr. Holt 
married Miss Mary A. Richardson, daughter of 
Artemas and Rachel (Davis) Richardson, of 
Weston, Vt. They reside at 197 Washington 
street. 

James R. Hopkins was born in East Cam- 
bridge, January 10, 1836. He attended the 
public schools, and at the age of 16 he was ap- 
prenticed to learn the wood carving trade, at 
which he worked in Boston and Dedham until 

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Light Infantry in the Fifth Mass. Regiment, 
anil remained about two years, after which he 
came home anil workcil at his trade until 1S70, 
when he went into the contracting and excava- 
ting business for himself, and continued until 
iSjry, when he gave up his business to devote 
all of his time as chief of the fire department. 
His career as a fireman began in April, 1S54, 
in Kast Cambridge. He moved to Somerville 
in November of that year anti joined the Somer- 
ville department, and continued to be a member 
until he moved to Dedham, in 1S5S, where he 
Joine<l the department there and remainetl a 
year, when be movetl back to Somerville and 
again became a niember of the Somerville de- 
partment, lie has held many positions in the 
dillcrent conjpanies, and in 1S69 he was ap- 
pointed engineer by the Hoard of Selectmen, 
and in January, t>i'j2, »fK>n after .Somer\illc be- 
canie a city, he was appointed chief of the 
department, and has heltl that ollice ever since, 
lie is an active member of the Massachusetts 
State Firemen's Association, the Charlestown 
N'oluntccr Veteran Firemen's Association, Mas- 
sjichusetts Fire Chiefs' Club. He is also a 
member of John Abbott Lo<lge, A. F.\ A. M. ; 
Oasis Lodge, I. (). O. F. ; the Koyal Arcanum, 
Knights of Honor, Good Fellows, and the (i. 
A. K. 

Wii.i.iAM .\. I IiNNKWEi-i. was born in Cam- 
briitge, June 23, 1S45, the son of William and 
Catherine (Southwick) Hunncwell, of Cam- 
bri<lge. He was educated at the Otis and I'ut- 
nam (irammar and the High schools of his na- 
tive city. Five years of his early business life 
were passcil in his father's family grocery store, 
from which he changed to the coal and wood 
business, in which he continues. Mr. Hunne- 
wcll came to Somer\ille in 1S77, and has sc^^•ed 
the city in the Common Councils of 1SS9 and 'yo 
from Ward Four, and on the Boards of Alder- 
men for iSyi anil 1S92. He is a member of 
Charity Lodge, A. F". & A. NL ; Cambridge R. 
A. Chapter; Cambridge Commandery, K. T. ; 
Wonohaquaham Tribe, L O. R. ^L ; .\gassiz 



Council, R. A. ; North Avenue Lodge, K. 11. ; 
Central Club, Mystic Valley Club, Universalist 
Club, and L'niversalist Social I'nion, of Hoston. 
Mr. Hunncwell married Miss Cora L., daughter 
of Joseph A. Wellington of Cambridge. They 
reside at No. 9 Mason avenue. West Somerville. 



L. Heiibert Hi-NTi.EV was born in Charles- 
town, May I, 1.S5S. He moved to Somer\'ille 
in 1S70 and attended the Somerville schools, 
after which he entered the employ of his father 
in the produce business, and later became a 
partner, under the name of R. Huntley & Son. 
He has continued in the same business, and is 
now sole proprietor. He was elected a member 
of the Common Council from Ward One in 
1894-95 ""'' ^ member of the Hoard of Alder- 
men in 1S96, '97 and '9S. Mr. I liuitley is a mem- 
ber of the Masons, Hoston Chamber of Com- 
merce, Home Circle, anil the East Somerville 
Haptist Church He resides at No. i Pearl 
street. 

Fkanki.in E. Hi'NTRESs was born in Hidde- 
ford. Me., 1S66, and moved to West Somerville 
in 1S71. His early education was received in 
the old Lincoln School, on Elm street. He 
graduated from the Somerville High School, 
and entered Tufts College the same year. After 
leaving Tufts College he enteretl Harvard 
College, from which he graduated. While 
at Har\aril he was a member of the Harvard 
I'nion and Tlicta Delta Chi Society. He en- 
gaged in the iron business in 1S90, in which he 
is still interested, under the name of F. E. 
Huntress iS: Co. He has also been agent for 
some of the largest concerns in the United 
States, and is to-ilay Eastern representative of 
the Harney & Smith Car Co., L'nited States 
Headlight Company, and controls the Neal 
Electric Headlight Co. In politics Mr. Hun- 
tress was a member of the Ward anil City Com- 
mittee for five years, secretary of the Young 
Men's Republican Club, member of the West 
Somer>ille Republican Club, member of the 



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Common Council from Ward Four from 1S91 
to 1S93, and was elected as an Independent Re- 
publican to the Legislature in 1S96. lie re- 
ceived the largest vote in three out of four pre- 
cincts in Ward Four, which was his home ward ; 
was renominated in 1S97, and at the polls in 
Ward Four led all other candidates. lie has 
been delegate to State Conventions and other 
conventions during the past eight years. Mr. 
Huntress is a member of the Masons, Odd Fel- 
lows, Royal Arcanum, Middlesex Club, Glen- 
wood Club, University Club, West Somerville 
Board of Trade, and other local social and po- 
litical organizations. 



William M. Ikving was born in New 
Brunswick in 1S65. He attended the common 
schools and lived there until he was 16, when 
he moved to Boston and went to work at the 
dry goods business, where he remained for sev- 
eral years, and then went to work for the John 
Hancock Insurance Co., and is now engaged in 
their employ as an inspector. Mr. Irving moved 
to Somerville in 1SS5, and was elected a mem- 
ber of the Common Council from Ward Two 
in 1895-96, and a member of the Board of Al- 
dermen in 1S97. He resides at No. 82 Sum- 
mer street. 



S. Walker Janes was born in Charlestown, 
May 5, 1862. His parents moved to Somer- 
ville in 1 87 1, where he lived until 1895. He 
now resides on Commonwealth avenue, Boston. 
He was educated in the Somerville public 
schools, leaving the high school in 1879 to enter 
the employ of Eugene R. Knapp, one of the 
largest wool importers in the United States, 
where he had a thorough business training. 
Mr. Knapp retired from the wool business in 
1893, and Mr. Janes has succeeded to his busi- 
ness, and is one of the leading wool merchants 
of Boston. He has always taken an active in- 
terest in politics, and served in the Common 
Council in 1890 and 1S91, and in the Board of 
Aldermen in 1892. lie is a member of John 



Abbott Lodge, Somerville Royal Arch Chapter, 
De Molay Commandery of Boston, Corinthian 
Yacht Club, Republican Club of Massachusetts, 
Beacon Lodge, New York Wool Club and other 
organizations. 



Melville D. Jones was born in Boston, 
September 25, 1842. He attended school until 
he was 18, when he enlisted in Company C, 
Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. After receiving 
an honorable discharge, he came home and 
went to work at the ornamental iron buinesss, 
and in 1S70 went into that business for himself, 
and continues in it at the present time. He 
moved to Somerville in 186S. In 1S95-96 he 
was elected a member of the Board of Alder- 
men, and in 1897-98 was a Representative to 
the Legislature. Mr. Jones is a member of the 
Masons, Knights Templar, Knights of Honor, 
Ancient Order United Workmen, and Willard 
C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. He was 
married August 31, 1864, to Miss Catherine F. 
Lovett of Boston, and resides at No. 53 Walnut 
street. 

Frank W. Kaan was born in Medford, 
Mass., September 11, 1861. He came to Som- 
erville in 1864, and attended the public schools, 
graduating with the class of 1878 of the Somer- 
ville High School. After spending a year in 
the Boston ofhce of the Warren steamship line, 
he entered Harvard College, from which he 
graduated in 1883. He taught school one year 
in Buflalo, N. Y., and one year in the Waltham 
High School, after which he studied law in the 
Harvard Law School, where he received the 
degrees of A. M. and LL. B., since when he 
has practiced law in Boston. Mr. Kaan is a 
member of the Somei-ville Central Club and the 
Boston Bar Association, and is secretary of the 
Home for Aged Women, Revere street, Boston. 
Mr. Kaan is a prominent Mason, having been 
one of the Masonic State Lecturers for three 
years. From 188S to 1S92 he was clerk of the 
Overseers of the Poor ; a member of the Com- 



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8S 



mon Council in 1893 and presiilent of that body 
in 1S94 ; and was a Representative to tlie Legis- 
lature from that Ward in 1S95-96, serving on 
the Committee on Mercantile Affairs both years, 
an<l was House Chairman of the House Com- 
mittee on Elections the second year. 



John F. Kknvarp was l)orn in Newmarket, 
N. II. He was educated in the common 
schools of that town. After leaving school 
he learned the machinist trade, and worked 
at it until 1S62, when he enlisted in Com- 
pany A, Eleventh New Hampshire Volun- 
teers. He has an honorable war recortl, ami 
»er\-ed until April 22, 1S64, when he was 
discharged for disability, having been seri- 
ously ill with malarial fever. He came to 
Boston in the nuluiun of 1S66, and was em- 
ployed as Sidesman for the firm of George K. 
Paul & Co., with whom he remained for 2S 
years, until they went out of business. Mr. 
Kennard movcil to Somerville in 1S77, repre- 
sented Ward Three in the City Council in 
18S4-85-.S6, and was a member of the HoartI 
of Aldermen in 1S87-SS. He was o prominent 
Mason, ()d<l I'ellow. a member <>f Willard C. 
Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. K ; L'nity Council, 
R. A.; Winter Hill Lodge, K. of H., and 
Harmony Council, II. C. He resides on Dart- 
mouth street. 

I"nEi>KniiK M. Kii.MKit was born in Need- 
ham, Februarys, 1S5J. I le attended the pub- 
lic schools until he was 15, when he went to 
work at the carpenter's trade and continued 
until he was 21, when he came to Koston and 
attended a business college. After completing 
his course he was book-keeper for a hardwood 
lumber firm until iSSi, when he formed a part- 
nership with Mr. George H. Derby and en- 
gagcil in the desk business, under the firm name 
of George II. Derby & Co., which in a few 
years was changed to the name of the Derby & 
Kilmer Desk Co., anil then in a few more years 
the firm was changed to a corporation, retain- 



ing the same name. Soon after, a combination 
of two large desk firms was made and the name 
was again changed to the Derby, Kilmer & Pond 
Desk Co., and in 1S95 the firm adopted the 
name of the Derby Desk Co., of which Mr. 
Kilmer is secretary and treasurer, having held 
those offices through all of the changes in the 
firm. He moved to Somerville in 1S7S, was a 
menjber of the City Council of 1SS9, a Repre- 
sentative to the Legislature in 1890— 91 , and in 
1S9S was elected a member of the Board of 
Aldermen from Ward Three. Mr. Kilmer was 
marrieil in 1S7S to Miss Alice F. Higbee, of 
Kalama/oo, Mich., and they reside at No. 420 
Broadway. 

GEORiiE A. KiMiiAi.i. was born in Little- 
ton, May 14, iS^o, the son of William and 
Mary A. (Lawrence) Kimball, of that town. 
His education was obtained at the Appleton 
Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. He came 
to Somer\'illc in 1869, and became a student 
with the Frost Brothers, civil engineers. Mr. 
Kimball was appointed City Engineer in 1S76 
by Mayor Belknap, which position he held 
until |SS6, when he resigned. He has since 
been cngagcil as consulting engineer, by Brock- 
ton on their sewer system, ami by New Bed- 
ford, Brockton and Haverhill in regard to 
abolishing grade crossings. He was apjjointcd 
consulting engineer for the city of Somerville 
in 1S96 by Mayor Perry, and in Novcmlier, 
1S96, was appointed a member of the Metro- 
politan Sewerage Commission by the Governor 
and his Council. He was a member of the 
Board of Health from 1S79 to 1886; an Alder- 
man for 1SS7 and 1S90, and is at present a 
member of the Mystic Water Board. Mr. 
Kimball married Miss Elizabeth E. Robbins, 
daughter of Lewis and Emily ( Winship) Rob- 
bins of New Ipswich, N. II. They reside on 
High street. 

Andrew A. Lamont was born in Douglas- 
town, N. B., March 16, 1S49. ^^^ ^■•'"* e^Juca- 
ted in that town, and between the ages of 12 



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and 17 learned the ship carpenter's trade. 
Afterward he learned the carriage maker's 
trade at New Castle, N. B., and Salem, Mass., 
moving to Salem in 1S6S. He carried on busi- 
ness in Chicago for some time, after which he 
returned to Salem. In September, 1S74, he 
married Miss Henrietta H. Powell, and moved 
to Somerville in 1S78. In iSSi he went into 
business in Boston on the corner of Lancaster 
and Merrimac streets, and has continued to do 
business there until the present time. His wife 
died in 1SS7, and in 1S91 he was married to 
Miss Mary J. Russell, a resident of his native 
town. Mr. Lamont is interested in real estate, 
being trustee of three land companies. He was 
elected a member of the Common Council from 
Ward Three in 1S94-95, and a member of the 
Board of Aldermen in 1S97-9S. He is a mem- 
ber of the Winter Hill Congregational Church, 
Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Knights of 
Honor, and the Somerville Finance Club. He 
resides at 43 Heath street. 



F. DeWitt Lapham was born in Littleton, 
Mass., July 6, 1S45. His education was ob- 
tained at the district school and at Eastman's 
College, Foughkeepsie, N. Y. He came to 
Boston in 1S65, and for twenty-one years was a 
book-keeper, seventeen years in the employ of 
Sussman Brothers. He moved to Somerville 
April I, 1S69. After the dissolution of Suss- 
man Brothers, in 1SS6, Mr. Lapham started in 
the real estate and insurance business at the 
corner of Broadway and Franklin street, Som- 
erville, where he still continues. In 1S95-96 
Mr. Lapham was elected Councilman from 
Ward One, and was elected Alderman in 1S9S. 
He is serving his fifteenth year as secretary of 
Excelsior Council, Royal Arcanum ; has been 
an officer of Somerville Council, Home Circle ; 
past noble grand of Howard Lodge, I.O.O.F. ; 
past chief patriarch, Somerville Encampment, 
I. O. O. F. ; chevalier of Grand Canton Wash- 
ington, Patriarchs Militant, and Major of Sec- 
ond Regiment, Patriarchs Militant ; member of 



Winter Hill Lodge, A. O. U. W. Mr. Lapham 
married Miss Jennie H. Dickson, daughter of 
Thomas and Hannah (Graham) Dickson, of 
Salem. They reside on Hathon street. 



Bernard W. Lawrence was born in East 
Lexington, Mass., June 15, 1S46. He was 
educated in the grammar and high schools of 
that town. He came to Boston in 1S63, and 
was engaged in the fruit and produce business 
in Faneuil Hall Market until 1S90; he then re- 
moved to 103 and 105 Commercial street, and 
went into the foreign and domestic fruit trade 
and the sale of cigars. He moved to Somer- 
ville in 1S73, where he still lives. He was a 
member of the Somei-ville Fire Department for 
13 years, was elected to the City Council from 
Ward Four in 1SS5-S6, and was elected a mem- 
ber of the Board of Aldermen in 1SS7-SS, be- 
ing president of the Board during his last term, 
lie resides at 289 Highland avenue. 



Stillmax H. LiiiBY was born in Limington, 
Maine, April 3, 1S26. He attended the village 
school and worked on a farm until 1S41, when 
he moved to Boston, where he went to work in 
a dry goods store. He continued in that line of 
trade for 33 years, 28 years of which time he 
was in business for himself. He moved to 
Somerville in 1S64, and purchased the house at 
No. 45 Elm street, where he has since resided. 
In 1874 he went into the real estate and insur- 
ance business in Union Square, in which he is 
now engaged. Mr. Libby was elected a mem- 
ber of the Common Council from Ward Four 
in 1S76-77 and was president both years. In 
1S78-79 he was a member of the Board of 
Aldermen. He is a member of the Knights of 
Honor, Royal Arcanum and Home Circle. 



James Long was born in Ireland, December 
10, 1839. He came to this country in 1849, 
and settled in Charleston, South Carolina, and 
learned the ship and house carpenter's trade, 



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which he followed during his life and a number 
of the large buildings in Boston and Cambridge 
were erected under his management. He was 
a member of the Common Council in i^JS-'J^i, 
and was a member of the lioard of Aldermen 
from Ward Two in 1S77-7S, and a Kcpresenta- 
tivc to the Legislature in 1S79. Me died Janu- 
ary 28, 1S79. 

Jekemiaii J. I.voNs was born in Moston, 
April 9, 1857, and received his education in the 
public schools of that citv, removing to Somer- 
ville in i>>75. lie was elected to the Common 
Council from Ward Two in 18SS-S9, and to the 
Hoard of Aldermen in 1.S91. He also ser^■ed as a 
member of the Board of Trustees of the Somer- 
ville Hospital from 1891-94. Mr. Lyons in 
politics is a democrat, and was a member of the 
Wanl and City Committee a long time, being its 
chairman for two years. As a member of the City 
Government, he served on a number of important 
committees, among others those of I'ublic I'rop- 
erty and Ordinances, being chairman of the lat- 
ter committee, which revised the City Ordi- 
nances, a Work of no small magnitude. Mr. 
Lyons is the New Knglanil manager of K. II. 
Butler \ Co., educational publishers of IMiil- 
aili-Iphia. 

Iaiius Mann was luirn in Charlestown, Oc- 
tober itj, 1S25, the son of Joseph and Eunice 
( Jacobs) Mann. His father died when he was 
nine years old, and after attending a private 
school for a year he entered the law office of 
William Sawyer, of Charlestown, at that time 
the leading lawver and the onlv trial justice in 
the town. He afterwanls lived for some time 
at Cohasset, and at i 7 came back to Charles- 
town (now SomerNille), living here at the time 
the town was set oil" in iS.j2. He learned the 
pottery business of John Runey, and he sul)se- 
(juently worked at his trade in Brooklyn, N.Y., 
Waterbury, Conn., and at West Amesbury. In 
iS5_^ he was appointed a police officer in Som- 
erville, and was afterward an assistant engineer 



and secretarj' of the fire department. He was 
made lieutenant of the police in 1S65, and held 
the position until he was appointed citv mes- 
senger in 1S7;; since then he has held this 
office continuously, every mayor having made 
him his first appointee. He is now the longest 
in the service of the city of anv of its officers. 
In 1S76 he was appointed special coroner for 
Middlesex County and held the position until 
the new office of medical examiner was created. 
He has been a member of John Abbott Lodge, 
A. F. & A. M., since 1S59. He is a member 
of Somerville Excelsior Council, R. A. He is 
a member of the National Lancers, where he 
has held the positions of corporal and sergeant. 
He was the originator of the Massachusetts City 
Messengers' Club, of which he is now secretary. 
He resides at No. So Porter street. 



Walter C. Mkntzek was born at Brady's 
Bend, Penn., October 26, 1S52. He came to 
Boston when he was six years old, and lived 
at Northboro, where he was educated, grad- 
uating from the Northboro High School. He 
came to Somerville in 1S72. He has been 
engaged, with his brother, in the wholesale 
beef business in Boston at 2sA and 27 North 
Market street, for 25 years. He served the 
city in the Common Council from Ward Four 
in 1SS5 and 1SS6, and was president of the 
Council the latter year. He was in the Board 
of Aldermen in 1SS7, and se^^•ed on the Water 
Board in 1SS9 and 1.S90. He was president of 
the Republican Ward anil City Committee in 
1.S93-94-95 and '96, is vice-president of the 
West Somerville Co-operative Bank, and a 
director of the Somenille National Bank, and 
is a member of Mt. Sinai Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
of North Cambridge; Charity Lodge, F. A. 
M., of Cambridge ; Somerville R. A. Chap- 
ter, De Molay Commandery, Central Club, 
and the Boston Markc-tmcn's Club. Mr. Ment- 
zer married Miss Clara B., daughter of Almon 
R. and Diana (Jackson) Thurston, of Barre, 
\'t. They reside on Cedar street. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



William P. Mitchell was born in Boston, 
January 35, 1S44. ^^ attended the Boston 
public schools and graduated from the Dwight 
School in iS^9, after attending the Brimmer 
School for eight years. After leaving school 
he worked in the saddlery hardware business 
for his father and grandfather, and was after- 
ward cashier and book-keeper for the firm of 
Spaulding, Hay & Wales for fifteen years, 
leaving them to go to work as book-keeper for 
L. P. Hollander & Co., where he stayed two 
years. lie entered the employ of the city in 
1SS3 as assistant clerk of committees, and in 
iSSS, when Mr. Vincent was made City Clerk, 
Mr. Mitchell was promoted to the office of 
clerk, vv^hich position he now holds. He was 
married June 29, 1S97, to Miss Amy Manning, 
who for a number of years was head assistant 
to City Clerks Oilman and Vincent. They re- 
side at No. 30 Thurston street. 



Enoch R. Morse was born in Attleboro, 
Mass., July 25, 1S22. He engaged in business 
in Boston in 1S39, and moved to Somerville in 
1S53. He took an active interest in town affairs, 
and was elected a member of the .School Board 
in 1S64, and remained a member for nine years, 
until after the incorporation of the city. His 
services were so highly appreciated that the 
Morse School, erected on vSummer street in 
1S69, was named in his honor. He was elected 
Representative in 1S76, and was always a 
prominent and honored citizen. 



Howard D. Moore was born at Moore's 
Mills, N. B., November 21, 1854. He attended 
the village schools during the winter months, 
and when he was 17 moved to Lawrence, Mass., 
where he worked as a mechanic for two years, 
and for three years was clerk in a law office. 
At the age of 21 he decided to study law, and 
attended Nichols Latin School in Lewiston, 
Me., graduating in 1884, after which he at- 
tended Bates College. In 1885 he entered the 
Boston University Law School and graduated 



from there in 1SS7. He was admitted to the 
Suffolk bar the same year, and has since con- 
tinued the practice of law in Boston, with an 
office at 131 Devonshire street. Mr. Moore 
married Miss ISIaud E. Roberts of Wollaston 
Heights in 1S91, and moved to Somerville the 
same 3'ear. He was elected a member of the 
Common Council from Ward Four in 1S95, and 
a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1896. 
He has been president of the West Somerville 
Republican Club, a member of the Ward and 
City Committee, and is a member of the Charter 
Commission appointed in 1S97. 



Alvano T. Nickerson was born at Chat- 
ham, June 24, 1S39, the son of Caleb and Julia 
A. (Hamilton) Nickerson, of that place. He 
was educated in the district schools on the Cape, 
and came to Boston in 1854. He entered busi- 
ness for himself as a member of the firm of 
Ryder & Nickerson in Chicago, and was after- 
ward of the firm of Stearns & Nickerson, Bos- 
ton. Since 1S67 he has been in business alone 
at Charlestown bridge. Mr. Nickerson came to 
Somerville in 1882. He is a member of the 
Central and Mystic Valley Clubs, and a director 
of the Odd Fellows' Building Association. He 
is president of the trustees of the W'inter Hill 
LTniversalist church, president of the Tv^enty 
Associates, a trustee of the Somerville Hospital, 
and a member of the building committee. Mr. 
Nickerson served the city in the Common 
Council of iSSS and 1SS9, and in the Board of 
Aldermen in 1S90-91. He has been a member 
of the Board of Health since 1S93. Mr. Nick- 
erson married Miss Lauretta Nickerson, daugh- 
ter of Lumbert and Sarah (Bassett) Nickerson^ 
of Chatham. They reside on Broadway. 



Richard E. Nickerson was born at Prov- 
Jncetown, April 29, 1830, the son of Thomas 
and Mary (Paine) Nickerson of Provincetown. 
His education was obtained at the district 
school, the Adelphian and Sandwich Acade- 
mies. His early business was in the ship 



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chamllcry and outfitting trade in his native 
town, wliere he continuetl till 1S55, when he 
was chosen treasurer of the Seaman's Savings 
Bank of I'rovincetown, and local secretary of 
the Atlantic Marine Insurance Company. In 
1859 he removed to New York and embarked 
in business as a commission merchant, where 
he remained throughout the war, when he re- 
turned to Hoston, and has since been in busi- 
ness on Commercial street. In 1S6S Mr. N'ick- 
erson came to Somer\ille. In 1S73 he was 
elected to the Common Council fr<jm Ward 
One, was re-elected the next year, and in 1^75 
became an alderman ; he remained in the Hoard 
two years. Mr. Nickerson represented Somer- 
ville in the Legislature in 1S7S and l^i79. He 
was a member of the Mystic Valley Club and 
ICxcclsior Cotuicil, Koyal Arcanum. Mr. Nick- 
erson married .Miss Mcthia Dyer, daughter of 
John and Clarissa (Nickerson) Dyer, of I'rov- 
incetiiwn. Mr. Nickerson ilied on I'earl street. 



JosKiMi Lki.ani) Ndih uoss wa» born in 
Woodbury, N't., December 6, 183^. At the 
age of 21 he came to Knston, where he engaged 
in the teaming business, having his headr|uarters 
at City Wharf imtil 1S73, when he removed to 
his present place of business at 212 State street. 
In January, 1S61, he was married, and became 
a resident of Somerville. Mr. Norcross has 
been identified with a number of Somer\'ille in- 
stitutions from their first inception. lie with- 
drew from the Franklin Lodge, I. O. {). F., of 
Boston, to assist in the organization of Paul 
Revere Lodge of this citv, and has been treasurer 
of that Lodge since its foundation in 1.S7S. lie 
is also a charter member of Winter Hill En- 
campment. In iSS^, when the Odd Fellows 
organized a building committee to erect the 
brick buiUling on the corner of Broadway and 
Marshall street, Mr. Norcross was elected treas- 
urer of the association, a position which he has 
retained until the present time. lie lias always 
been actively interested in the W infer Hill L'ni- 
versiilist Church, which he assisted to organize 



in 1S7S. In 1S79 and iSSo he was elected 
Councilman from Ward Three, and the two fol- 
lowing years was elected Alderman. Mr. Nor- 
cross has been one of the directors of the Mas- 
ter Teamsters' Association of Boston since its 
foundation and is now president of that asso- 
ciation. 

CiiAiii.ES L. North was born in Boston, 
August 19, 1S60. He was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Boston and .Somerville, where his 
parents moved when he was quite young. After 
completing his schooling he entered the employ 
of his father, Mr. Charles H. North, who at 
that time was one of the largest pork dealers in 
the country-. He contiiuicd in that business un- 
til after the firm changeil hands and he was 
obligetl to give up business on account of fail- 
ing health. He was elected a member of the 
Common Council from Ward Two in 1SS6-S7, 
and was a member of the Boartl of Aldermen in 
iSSS and '89. He was married in iS.'*9 to Miss 
Blanche E. Griflin of Boston, and resided on 
Prospect Hill. 

CiiAHi.K.s B. OsnooD was born in Boston, Sep- 
tember I I, l.*^63. lie was the son of Benjamin 
D. and Elizabeth F. (Wood) Osgood; moved 
with his parents to Woburn when six years old. 
He was educated in the public schools of 
Woburn, and the Bryant and .'^tratton Commer- 
cial College in Bo.ston. After serving his ap- 
prenticeship in the manufacture of leather in 
Woburn, he entered the employment of a pro- 
duce commission house in Boston. Serving in 
various capacities forsi.x years, he was admitted 
to the firm, and upon the retirement of the 
other partners he became sole proprietor, under 
the firm style of Charles B. Osgood & Co., now 
located at Nos. 196, 19.S .State street. 

Mr. Osgood came to .Somer\'ille in 1S84, was 
elected to the Common Council from Ward 
Three in 1SS9 antl 1S90, the latter year being 
president and ex-o)Ticio member of the School 
Committee; also elected an Alderman in 1S91 
and 1S92. Being president of that body in 



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1892, he served on the following committees: 
Finance, Accounts, Fire, Water, Sewers, State 
Aid, Legislative Matters, Public Grounds and 
the special committee appointed for the Semi- 
centennial Celebration. 

He is a member of Franklin Street Church, 
Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Somerville R. A. 
Chapter, Boston Chamber of Commerce and 
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange (having 
been a director in the latter organization), an 
associate member of the Apollo Club of Boston 
and the Y. M. C. A. of Somerville. 

Mr. Osgood married Miss Mary E., daughter 
of Benjamin T. H. Porter, a prominent citizen 
of Woburn, and came to Somerville in 1SS4, 
building a house at No. 71 Oilman street, 
where he, with his wife and two children, 
still reside. 

Caleb A. Page was born in Boston, Sep- 
tember 21, 1 84 5. He moved to Somerville 
when he was seven years old and attended 
school until he was 16, when he was appren- 
ticed to the Orand Trunk Railroad Company. 
When the war broke out he enlisted with 
the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment and served 
through the war. After the war he returned to 
Somerville, and was elected a member of the 
Common Council in 1879-80, and a member of 
the Board of Aldermen in 1SS1-S2. He went 
to Richmond, Va., in 18S3 and went into busi- 
ness, where he remained until 1SS7, when he 
returned to Somerville, and in 1S88 was ap- 
pointed agent for the Board of Health, which 
position he now holds. IVIr. Page is a member 
of the Masons, Red Men, Ancient Order United 
Workmen, and Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 
139, G. A. R. He resides at No. 19 Webster 
avenue. 



Melville C. Parkhurst was born in Stan- 
dish, Me., April 26, 1843. He attended school 
there and came to Somerville in 1S57. August 
12, 1S63, he enlisted with Co. E of Somerville, 
39th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and 
remained through the three years of the war. 



He was appointed to the Somerville police 
force in 1S68, was made captain in 1S71, and 
chief in 1872, and has held that office ever 
since Somerville became a city. He is thor- 
oughly acquainted with criminal law, and in 
many cases conducts the case for the govern- 
ment. Chief Parkhurst is a member of John 
Abbott Lodge of Masons, Somerville Royal 
Arch Chapter, and Ca-ur De Lion Command- 
ery, K. T., and Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 
139, G. A. R. In 1S65 he was married to Miss 
Mary E. Coolidge of Waltham, and has two 
children. He resides on Columbus avenue. 



Eldridge G. Park was born in Ashby, 
Mass., in 1S39. He received his education in 
the district and high schools of his native town, 
and came to Boston in 1S60, and engaged in the 
produce trade, in which he remained two years. 
He then entered the restaurant business and has 
continued in it for thirty years, conducting 
large places at No. 30 North Market and 123 
Causewaj' streets. He removed from Charles- 
town to East Somerville in 1S74 and has resided 
on Arlington street since that time. In 1SS4 
Mr. Park represented Ward One in the Com- 
mon Council, and was re-elected in 1885. He 
was an Alderman in 18S7-SS, and was presi- 
dent of the Board during his last year. Mr. 
Park is a prominent Mason, Knight Templar 
and a member of Howard Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
of Charlestown. 



George W. Perkins was born at Tamworth, 
N. H., July I, 1S42, the son of True and Mary 
Ann (Chapman) Perkins, of that town. His edu- 
cation was obtained at the district school and the 
New Hampton Institution. After three years' 
employment as a school teacher he came to Bos- 
ton and found a situation in the dry goods 
trade. In 1S63 he changed to the tea business, 
engaging with Ar Showe & Co. as a traveling 
salesman. In 1S70 he was admitted to the 
firm, and continues to the present. Mr. Per- 



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kins came to Somerville in 1S73. In 1S91 he 
was elected a representative to the Legislature 
from Ward One, and served on the Committee 
on Drainage, and was re-elected in 1S92 and 
served on the Committee on Cities. In 1S95 
Mr. Perkins was elected a mcmher of the 
State Senate, and was Chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Printing, and a member of the Com- 
mittee on Education and Metropolitan Alfnirs. 
In i.Si^''i he was re-elected a memher of the 
Senate, and was Chairman of the Committee 
on Public Service, and was again a njembcr of 
the Committees on Kducation and Metropolitan 
Allaiis. lie is a member of Soley Lodge, A. 
F. it .\. ^L ; .Somcr%illc R. A. Chapter; I)e 
Mohiv C'lmmandcry, K. T. ; .\lt. Menedict 
Lodge, K. II.; Kxcelsior Council, K. A.; 
Soincr\ille Lodge, A. O. U. W., and Web- 
cowit Club. Mr. Perkins married Mi^s Min- 
erva R., daughter of Llishn and Louisa (Wil- 
liams) Hcrr)', of Westminster, Vt. Mr. Pcr- 
kin-. i> a member of the Mvstic Valley Club, 
Massachusetts Re|)ublican Club, anti the .Metro- 
politan ^'oung Men's Republican Club. He 
resides on Webster street. 

Ai.nioN A. pKHUV was born in Standish, 
.Me., January 26, 1.S51, the son of Rev. John 
C. an<l Mary E. ( Iloston) Perry. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools and at Monmouth 
Academy. lie chose the professirm of phar- 
macist, serving at Lcwiston in his native state, 
and completing his course of study at the Mass- 
achusetts College of Pharmacy. In i.S6i» he 
began business in Somerville, and was vcrv 
successful, finally retiring rrf)m the drug busi- 
ness in iSSo. Afler this he took up the study 
of law at the Boston I'niversity School of Law, 
and later conducting an oflice in Somerville. 
In I. SS6 he associated himself with Hon. Selwyn 
/. llovvman, having offices in .'Somerville aiul 
Hoston, and the partnership has continued to 
the present time. He was elected to the School 
Hoard for three years, but after one year's ser- 
vice, 1S76, he resigned on account of the pres- 



sure of business. He was a member of the 
Common Council in 1SS1-S2, the latter year 
being president, and was in the Board of Al- 
dermen in 1.SS3-S4. He was appointed on the 
Water Board by Mayor Pope in 1S91, and was 
made its president. In 1895 he was elected 
Mayor, after the hottest political campaign in 
the history of the city, and has been twice 
re-elected. He was also elected to the presi- 
dency of the Somerville Savings Bank in 1S91, 
and re-elected in 1S93. Mr. Perry married 
Mary I-^., daughter of John W. and Hannah 
W. Brooks, of Somerville. They reside on 
Broatlwav. 

FiiANKi.iN R. Pekkv was born in Wilton, 
Me., October 2, 1S32. He was left an or])lian 
at the age of three and lived with friends until 
he was iS, when he taught school. At the age 
of 21 he Went to North Chelmsford, Mas.s., 
where he engaged in the manufacture of edge 
tools for seven years, when he mf)Ved to North 
Wayne, Me., and carrie<l on the .same business 
for several years. In 1S71 he entered the em- 
ploy of Ilussey, Howe & Co., of Pittsburg, 
Pa., as traveling salesman, and in 1S76 opened 
an oflice for them in lioston and was their agent 
until the time of his death which occurred Octo- 
ber n>, iSSfi. Mr. Perry was elected a member 
of the Board of Aldermen from \\ :iiil Two in 
iSS.} and 1SS5. 

I'uANKi.iN F. Piiii.i.ip.s was l)orn in Sears- 
mont, .Me., December 21, 1S53. He was educa- 
ted in the common schools of Searsmont and 
."^o\ith Montvale and graduated from the Nichols 
Latin School of Lcwiston in i S73, and Bates Col- 
lege in 1S77. He taught school for six years, 
five vears of which time he was principal of the 
Rockland, Me., high school. He was appoint- 
ed State Assayer of Maine in iSSo, and while 
in Rockland read law extensively with Hon. 
Charles E. Littlefield, late Attorney General of 
Maine. Since 1S83 he has been New England 
Agent for Harrison Bros. & Co., chemical 
manufacturers of New York and Philadelphia. 



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Mr. Phillips moved to Somerville in 1SS4, and 
was a member of the Common Council in 1S91 
-92 and a member of the Board of Aldermen 
in 1S93-94. He sensed on the committee for 
four years and was chairman the last year, he 
was also on the committees on Fire Department 
and Public Property. He was elected Repre- 
sentative to the Legislature in 1S97-9S and was 
chairman of the committee on Public Service 
and a member of the committee on Education. 
He is a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. 
Mr. Phillips was married in 1S77 to Miss Julia 
A. Lyman of Colbrook, X. H., and thev reside 
at No. 311 Holland street. 



Franklin N. Poor, was born in Got^stown, 
N. H., January 23, 1S21. He remained at 
home and engaged with his father, Hon. Noyes 
Poor, in the lumber business, until he was 27, 
when he accepted the position as treasurer of the 
Manchester" and North Weare Railroad Com- 
pany. He came to Boston in 1S53 and was a 
prominent director in the Vermont, Massachu- 
setts and Fitchburg railroads for many vears. 
In 1S65 he was elected treasurer of the Vermont 
and ^Massachusetts Railroad Company, which 
position he still holds. Mr. Poor moved to 
Somerville in 1S71, and resides at 30 Chester 
street. West Somen-ille. He was a member 
of the Board of Aldermen from Ward Four in 
1874, is a justice of the peace and a well-known 
and honored citizen. 



John R. Poor was born in Danvers, Jan- 
uary 28, iSiS. He attended school in the lit- 
tle country schoolhouses of that time, where 
the scholars varied in age from four to forty 
years. His early business training was obtained 
in a grocer}- store with his father, and during 
the first forty years of his life he spent most of 
his time in that business. He moved to Somer- 
ville in 1S50, and for 28 years was a member of 
the firm of Stickney & Poor. The early his- 
tory of Somerville, as a town and as a city, is 
full of Mr. Poor's many acts of generosity, and 



the first water works and gas pipes that were 
laid in that part of the cit}' were laid through 
his untiring efforts and his generous financial 
aid. What is now Central Hill, with the ex- 
ception of what was formerl}- the engine house 
property, was bought b}- Mr. Poor and sold to 
the town at the price he paid for it. Mr. Poor 
was married in 1S40 to Miss Sprague Dole, and 
was a resident of Somerville until 1S40, when 
he went West and went into the sheep raising 
business. He is at the present time engaged in 
business at No. 11 Central Wharf, Boston, and 
makes his home in Brookline, with his daugh- 
ter. He was a member of the early Boards of 
Selectmen, and \vas a member of the first Board 
of Aldermen in 1S72, being elected a member 
of the Board after declining a unanimous nom- 
ination as a candidate for the first mayor of the 
city. 

Charles G. Pope was born at Hardwick, 
Mass., Nov. iS, 1S40, the son of Rev. Rufus S. 
and Sarah (Brown) Pope, of that town. He 
was educated in the district school of Hyannis, 
whither his parents had remo\ed in his boyhood, 
was fitted for college at the Pierce Academy, 
Middleboro, and was graduated at Tufts Col- 
lege in 1S61. He taught school at Hyannis till 
1S64, when he became master of the Forster 
Grammar School in Somerville. In 1S70 he 
became master of the Bunker Hill Grammar 
School, Charlestown. Mr. Pope studied law 
with Sweetzer & Gardner and John W. Ham- 
mond, and was admitted to the bar in 1S74, 
when he formed a partnership with Mr. Ham- 
mond for the practice of law in Boston. In 
1878 he was appointed a special justice of the 
Somei-ville police court. }vlr. Pope came to 
Somei-\-ille in 1864 and served in the Common 
Councils of 1S72 and 1S73, being president of 
the Council the latter year. In 1S76 and 1S77 
he represented the city in the Legislature, and 
was Mayor in 1889, 1S90 and 1S91. He was a 
trustee of the Public Library seven years. He 
is also a trustee of Tufts College. Mr. Pope 
married Miss Josephine IL, daughter of Eras- 



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tus E. and Harriet N. Cole of this city. Dur- 
ing his last year as mayor, the Pope School- 
house on Washington street was completed and 
named in his honor. Mr. Pope died April 24, 

JosiAH N. Phatt was born in Frecport, 
Me., March 14, 1S3S. He entered the pub- 
lic schools of that town, and at the age of 
iS apprenticed himself to learn the mason's 
trade, nt which occupation he worked in 
Portland for three years. He enlisted in 
the navy, and serx'ed until September i, 1S65. 
.Mr. Pratt was a prominent contractor in 
Portland in lSS6->>j', at which time he moveil 
to Lawrence, Ma.ss., where he conducted a 
similar branch of business until iSSi, when he 
cntercil the employ of the Jarvis Engineering 
Company, with whom he has held nianv posi- 
tions of responsibility and trust, until 1SS7, 
when he was chosen treasurer and general 
manager of the company, which position he 
now holds, with an otfice at 61 Oliver street. 
Mr. Pratt was elected Councilman from Wanl 
One in 1SS4, and was elected a member of the 
Hoard of Aldermen in 1S95-96, his second year 
being president of the Board. He is a popular 
Mason, Knight Templar, a member of the 
Knights of Honor, and of Willard C. Kinsley 
Post, t«. .\. R. Me resides at No. 9 Prospect 
Hill Terrace. 

GEOKiiE (). I'K<nTni< was born in Rocking- 
ham, Vt., February 23, 1S47, the son of Na- 
than antl Harriet (Dorand) Proctor. He was 
brought up on the farm, and received his etlu- 
cation in the public schools ot that town, and at 
the aca»lcmy at Chester, \"t. He left the 
academy to take a position in a store, in the 
latter town. He was after>vard engaged in 
farming and lumbering for five years, and then 
he came to Uoston and formed a p.irtncrship 
with his brother in the hay and grain trade, at 
the end of Craigie's bridge. After their place 
of business was taken by the city of Boston for 
a park, they removed to the Cambridge side of 



the bridge. His brother having retired. Mr. 
Proctor carries on the business alone, having 
an extensive wholesale and retail trade. He is 
also a member of the firm of Proctor Bros. & 
Billings, street sprinklers and contractors, and 
owning large lumbering interests near Rumney, 
N. H. He came to Somerville in 1X77. He 
served in the Common Council in 1JSS7 and 
iSSS, the second year as president, and in 1S93 
was elected a Representative to the Legislature 
from Wards Three and Four and servctl on the 
committee on Street Railways, was re-elected 
in 1S93 and placed on the committee on cities. 
He is a member of Boston Chamber of Com- 
merce, Somer\illc Central Club, Solcy Lodge, 
A. F. & A. NL, Home Circle, Golden Cross, 
Pilgrim Fathers and Somerville I'nitarian Club. 
Mr. Proctor married Miss Lillie A. Clark, 
daughter of Captain Thomas R. Clark of Ches- 
ter, \'t. They reside on .Spring street. 



i'ATKiiK Rai KKiiTY was bom in Ireland in 
in 1S13. He was educated in the schools 
of Ireland and came to this country when 
he was iS. He settled in Cambridge, where 
he lived until 1S6S, when he moved to Som- 
erville, where he has since resided. He was 
engaged in the soap business in Cambridge 
for nearly twenty years, and when Holy Cross 
Cemetery was opened in 1S6S he was made su- 
perintendent, and holds that position at the 
present time. Puring the thirty years that he 
has had charge of the cemetery over 50,000 
have been buried there. Mr. Raflerty was 
elected a member of the first City Council in 
1S72, from Ward Two, and in 1S76 was a mem- 
ber of the Board of Aldermen from the same 
Ward. He now resides at No. 31S Somerville 
avenue. 

John B. G. Rand was born in Maine in 
1S31. He attended the common schools of his 
native town and graduated from the Harvard 
Scientific School, where he had studied civil 
engineering, in 1S55. After leaving school he 



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went West, but returned to New York, where 
he assisted in the laying out of Central Park. 
During the war he was in the employ of the 
government, and worked at Key West, Fla., 
and at Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. Rand had charge 
of the work when the water works were put 
into Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and was at work in 
the same capacity at Orange, N. J., at the time 
of his death. He also had charge of large con- 
tracts during the last years of his life in Wis- 
consin, Minneapolis, Illinois and Kentucky. 
He moved to Somerville in 1875, and was 
elected a member of the Board of Aldermen 
from Ward Four in 1S77, but on account of 
business he resigned in a short time. He died 
in July, 1 878. 

Francis II. Raymond, the son of Francis 
L. and Abigail (Fosdick) Raymond, was born 
in Charlestown (Somerville), February 19, 1S36. 
He attended the public schools of the town, and 
after leaving the high school entered the employ 
of J. B. Hanson in the wholesale grocery busi- 
ness in Boston. He was afterwards with Rob- 
inson & Holbrook, and in iS65the firm of Rob- 
inson, Nourse & Raymond was formed. F. II. 
Raymond & Co. were its successors. In 1876 
Mr. Raymond left the grocery business and be- 
came treasurer of the American Arms Com- 
pany, in which he was interested. Two years 
later he was chosen treasurer of the Cambridge 
Electric Light Company, which position he now 
holds. He has been a director of the Market 
National Bank for the past twenty-three years. 
Mr. Raymond was a trustee of the Public Li- 
brary in 1S76, 1S77 and 1878. In 18S7 he was 
elected to represent Ward Two in the House of 
Representatives. He was Senator in 1 891, and 
was re-elected for the present year. He mar- 
ried Martha L., daughter of Samuel T. and 
Sarah (Hobbs) Frost, of Charlestown. They 
reside on Laurel street. 



Mass., May 25, 1S4S. He completed his edu- 
cation at Lawrence Academy, Groton, and 
moved to Somerville in 1870. Mr. Reed was 
elected a member of the City Council in 1886, 
and a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
1SS7-8S. He has been overseer of the poor, 
and is now one of the principal assessors. He 
has been chairman of the standing committee of 
the First Unitarian Church for seven years, and 
has been treasurer of the Associated Charities 
of Somerville since its organization. Mr. Reed 
was engaged in the provision business for a 
number of years, later in the real estate busi- 
ness, and is at the present time part owner of 
the iron foundry on Washington street, and is 
still considerably interested in real estate in 
Somerville and other places. He is a promi- 
nent Mason, Odd Fellow, and a member of 
Washington Council, Home Circle. He mar- 
ried Miss Clara B. Parker, of Billerica, and re- 
sides in a handsome residence, recently erected, 
at No. 35 Pearl street. 



Nathan II. Reed, son of Nathan O. and 
Nancy Bacon Reed, was born in Bedford, 



WiNFiELD Babson Rich was born in Jack- 
son, Me., April 3i, 1S55. While an infant his 
parents moved to Bangor, and when he was 17 
they moved to Brooks, near Belfast, in the same 
State. After completing his studies in the pub- 
lic schools Mr. Rich attended college and taught 
school during the winter. In 1874 he entered 
the law ofHce of Hon. A. W. Paine of Bangor, 
with whom he remained until 1S80, when he 
was admitted to the Penobscot County Bar. He 
at once began the practice of law, and in 1S82 
became assistant editor of the Camdeti Herald, 
and at the same time was postmaster during 
President Garfield's administration, which po- 
sition he resigned after the election of Cleve- 
land. He moved to Boston in 1SS5, since which 
time he has been successfully engaged in the 
practice of law and has had the settlement of 
several large estates. He moved to Somerville 
in 1886 and was elected a member of the City 
Council from Ward One in 1S93-94, and was 
elected a member of the Board of Aldermen in 



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1S95. He has been treasurer of the Webcowit 
Club, a member and ex-president of the Owl 
Club, and past leader of Harvard C. Council, 
No. 51, Home Circle. Mr. Rich resides at No. 
13 Franklin street. 



Ai.iiEUT M. Robinson, son of Enoch and 
Eleanor ( McLean ) Robinson, was born in 
Hoston, .\u<just iS, 1S41. He came to Charles- 
town (Somerville), in 1S47, and was educated 
in the Somerville public schools. He learned 
the locksmith business of his father, who was 
the possessor and manufacturer of valuable 
patents. At the outbreak of the war he en- 
listed in Company E, Twenty-fourth Mass;ichu- 
setts Regiment, and served in the Hurnside 
expedition to Ronnokc Island. His further 
service was in the ipiartermaster's department 
at headipiarters of the Tenth Army Corps, anil 
was stationed on Morris Island, S. C. At the 
close of the war he returned to his former home 
and restuned his business at Cornhill, iioston, 
where he still continues. Mr. Robinson scrvetl 
the city in the Coinmim Council in 1S.S4, from 
\\'ard Four, ami in the Hoard of Aldermen in 
1S85 and 1SS6, and as a tnistce of the Public 
Library from 1SS6 to iSi^i, where he was secre- 
tarv of the Moard. He resides on lieach street. 



\\'ai(iii:n _|. Roiunson comes of an old New 
England family and was born in western New- 
York, in 1S55. He is the son of John I', and 
ICIizabeth M. (Davis) Robinson. Removing to 
lioston in 1^7:;, he soon after established him- 
self in the book and job printing business, 
which, as the Robinson I'ress, uniler his man- 
agement, still continues. He served the city, 
from Ward Two, as a member of the Common 
Council in iSyl, and as an Alderman in 189^. 
Helonging, as he does, to manv social and fra- 
ternal orders, clubs, and military and political 
organizations, his knowledge and acquaintance 
with public men and measures is very extendeil. 
He married Miss Cora A. Hastings, daughter of 
Dr. S. Emery and Emcline C. (Achorn) Hast- 
ings, of Cambridge. Resides on Greene street. 



Thomas R. Rollstone was born in Charles- 
town, December 7, 1S39. He attended the pub- 
lic schools and lived in Charlestown until he 
was 30 years old, when he moved to Somer- 
ville. After leaving school he learned the ship 
carpenter's trade in the Charlestown Navy Yard 
and worked there for a number of years. He 
enlisted in the army \i\ i!S6j, and was one of the 
many brave men who went to the front from 
Massachusetts. He was elected a member of 
the Common Council from Ward Three in iSSo 
and iSSi, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
men in iSSj-S^. In 1SS6 he was appointed 
superintendent of public buildings by Mayor 
Burns, and in 1S91 the duties of inspector of 
buildings were added. He was a member of 
John Abbott Lodge of Masons, Eastern Star, 
Oasis Loilgc of Odd Fellows and the Encamp- 
ment. He died October 17, 1S95, leaving a 
widow, who resiiles at No. 60 Bonair street. 



CriOMWELL G. RowEi.r. was born at Corinth, 
\'t., .August ly, 1SJ7. His eilucation was ob- 
tained at the district school and academy at 
Framingham, Mass., whither his parents re- 
moved in his childhood. Early in life he went 
to sea for six years. He then united with his 
father in the stove business at Framingham. in 
iSj;^ he became a member of the prilicc force 
of the city of Boston, where he remained till 
the war. He was instrumental in raising the 
Ninth Regiinent, .Massachusetts \'olunteers, in 
which he was captain of Company D, and 
afterwards appointed lieutenant-colonel. He 
subsequently raised a company which was at- 
tached to the Thirtieth Regiment. At the close 
of the war he returned to the stove business, in 
which he has remained, and now has a position 
with the Smith i^ Anthony Stove Company. 
In 1S67 Colonel Rowell was a member of the 
Legislature from the city of Boston. He came 
to Somerville in 1869; was a member of the 
Common Council from Ward One in 1S73, of 
the Board of Aldermen in 1S74 and 187^, and 
of the Water Board in 1S77 and 1878, of which 



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he was president. He has been president of 
the Board of Registrars of Voters since iSS6. 
Colonel Rowell is a member of John Abbott 
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Somerville R. A. 
Chapter; Orient Council, R. & S. M. ; Coaur 
de Lion Commandery, K. T. ; Excelsior Coun- 
cil, Royal Arcanum ; and Mt. Benedict Lodge, 
K. H. Col. Rowell has been twice married. 
His first wife was Miss Harriet Maynard, 
daughter of Lawson and Nancy (Angell) ISLiy- 
nard, of Framingham; his second wife was 
Miss Lottie A. Larkin, daughter of Henry and 
Annie Larkin, of Concord, N. H. They reside 
on Pearl street. 

Irving L. Russell, son of Levi and Mar- 
tha (Smith) Russell, was born in Somerville, 
then Charlestown, May 24, 1S53. He was ed- 
ucated at the Lincoln Grammar School, the 
Woburn Academy, and a Boston commercial 
college. Mr. Russell is a market gardener by 
occupation, cultivating over forty acres of land, 
his farm being the largest of the kind in Som- 
erville. He was a member of the Common 
Council from Ward Four in 1SS2-S3, and a 
member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S84-85 
and 'S6, and was elected a member of the Leg- 
islature in 1 888 and 1S89. Mr. Russell mar- 
ried Miss Addie Johns, of New York City. 
They reside on Broadway. 



Christopher E. Rvmes was born in Forts- 
mouth, N. H., September 23, 1S27. He came 
to Boston in ISLirch, 1S44, to learn the ma- 
chinist's trade, entering the employ of Tuttle 
& Dow. In 1S50 he was employed as fore- 
man in the machine shops of Ilittenger, Cook 
& Co., and was admitted to the firm in 
iSSt. In 1 866 the firm name was changed to 
Cook, Rymes & Co. This partnership con- 
tinued until April, 1SS7, when it was dissolved, 
and all the partners retired from the business. 
In October, 1S64, ISIr. Rymes bought the estate 
on Summer street. Spring Hill, where he now 
lives. He was a member of the original com- 



mittee authorized by the town to contract with 
the city of Charlestown for the supply of 
water. He was a member of the first Water 
Board, and for several years its president. In 
1889 he superintended the introduction of the 
high-water service in Somerville. He served in 
the first Common Council, in 1S71, and in 
1S72-73 the Board of Aldermen. He has been 
a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public 
Library for years, and was also one of the 
trustees of the sinking fund. In 1875 he was 
elected to the Massachusetts Senate. Mr. 
Rymes is a life member of the Massachusetts 
Charitable Mechanic Association ; a member of 
John Abbott Lodge, Somerville Chapter, and 
Boston Commandery of Knights Templar. 
He was the first president of the Central Club, 
serving for five years. Mr. Rymes married 
Almira L., daughter of the late Dr. Joseph 
Cheever. 

Charles B. Sanborn was born in Seabrook, 
N. IL, September 29, 1842. He was educated 
in the common schools of that place and later 
in the Putnam School of Newburyport, Mass. 
He came to Boston in 1S66, and became en- 
gaged in the fruit and produce business, and is 
now a member of the firm of C. B. Sanborn 
& Co., 29 North Market street. He moved to 
Somerville in 1S41 and was elected a member 
of the Common Council from Ward One in 
188S-89, and was a member of the Board of 
Aldermen in 1S90-91-93. Mr. Sanborn is a 
member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
Somerville Chapter, DeMolay Commandery, 
Excelsior Council, Mt. Benedict Lodge, K. of 
H., Boston Chamber of Commerce, Fruit and 
Produce Exchange and the New Hampshire 
Club. He lives in a handsome new house 
recently erected on Adams street. 



Aaron Sargent, the son of Aaron and 
Sarah (Nichols) Sargent, was born in Charles- 
town, October 29, 1S23. His education was 
obtained in the public schools of Charlestown. 



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He came to Somerville, then Charlestown, in 
1.S46, residing in East Somerville till iS6y, 
when he removed to Winter Hill. He ser\-ed 
on the school committee of the town from 1S58 
to 1862, on the auditing committee from 1S60 
to i&fiz and from 1S68 to 1S71, on the finance 
committee from iS6Sto 1S71, and on the Water 
lioard from 1S6S to 1S71. On the incorporation 
of the city government Mr. Sargent was elected 
City Treasurer, and continiie«l in the otficc by 
successive elections till iSSi, when he resigned. 
He served as a commissioner of the sinking fund 
from 187^ to 188S. He is now treasurer of the 
Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. Sargent married 
Miss .S. Maria Adams, daughter of Joseph and 
I'hche P. (Morse) Adams, of S<>mer\'ille. She 
is a lineal descendant of John .\ilams, the early 
miller of Cambridge. They reside on Broad- 
way. 

CiiAiii.Ks W. Sawvkk was born in Charles- 
town, February 28, iS.VV '''*^ **'" "^ •'''^''' 
.Sawvcr. His early education was in the Train- 
ing-field School in Charlestown, and after 
graduating from the grammar school he attended 
a private school and took a course at a commer- 
cial college. In 1853 he was appointed clerk 
in the Charlestown post-ollice, where he re- 
mained sixteen vears, most i>f the tinie being 
assistant postmaster. In l86y he resigned the 
position and engaged in the real estate business 
in Citv S(iuarc, Charlestown, with an office also 
in Mostoii. In this business he has since con- 
tinued. He moved to Somer^•ille in 1S73. In 
1875 he was a niember of the Common Coun- 
cil, an<l served in the Hoard of .Milcrmen in 
1S76. He was chairman of the Board of Health 
for two years and is now one of the trustees of 
the Public Library. He is a charter member 
of .Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of Signet 
Chapter, of Charlestown ; has been two years 
commander of Cnur De Lion Commandery, 
K. T., of which he is also a charter member. 
He is president of the Training-field School 
Association, and has been president for many 
years of the 9yyth Artillery Association, of 



Charlestown. Mr. Sawyer married, in 1S56, 
Miss Julia A., daughter of the late William S. 
Heal of Belmont, Me. They reside on Main 
street. 

George Ci'RTis Skii.ton was born in 
Charlestown, April 28, 1S3S. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools and graduated from 
the high school in 1855. He was afterward 
in the employ of Daniel Deshon & Sons, 
large ship owners; G. W. and J. B. Hagar, 
grain dealers; and in 1857 went West as gen- 
eral ticket agent for the Cincinnati & Chicago 
Railroad, .\fter remaining two years he was 
obliged to return East on account of ill health. 
He then went into the vinegar and pickle 
business with his father and soon after united 
with Mr. Edward Foote, under the firm name 
of Skilton, Foote A: Co., and for two years 
during the war the entire product of their fac- 
tory was shipped to the United States Navy. 
Mr. Skilton was a member of the Common 
Council from Ward Three in 1^75, and was a 
member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S76-77, 
and was a member of the Board of Health 
from 1S7.S to 18S5. He was married .April 28, 
1S63, to Miss Annie («. L. (Jilman, daughter of 
Charles E. Gilman. They have seven children 
anil reside in Bedford, Mass., where they 
moved in 1888. Mr. Skilton is a member of 
the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, 
Royal Arcanum, and the National Lancers, of 
Boston. 

IIiKAM D. .Smith was born in Candia, N. II. 
He attended the schools of his native town and 
those of Ashland and Lowell. He came to 
Boston when he was 19 and went to work in a 
grocery store, where he remained six months, 
after which he was clerk in the otiice of the Old 
Colony machine shops. In 1S50 he went to 
Mobile, Alabama, for his health, and remained 
there until after the war. He came North in 
1866 and entered the firm of Hovey, Mead & 
Co., of Boston, and retired in 1872 to form the 
firm of Weston, Smith \ Co. He was a prom- 



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inent Odd Fellow, Mason, and a member of the 
Royal Arcanum. He was elected Councilman 
from Ward Three in 1SS3-S3, and a member of 
the Board of Aldermen in 1SS4-S5. Mr. Smith 
died March 3, 1SS9. 



valuable time to city matters. Mr. Sparrow 
married Miss Maria D. Pearson, of Cambridge, 
and resides on Meacham street. 



Amasa E. Southworth was born in 
Stoughton, Norfolk County, May 19, 1S44. 
He was educated in the ungraded common 
schools of that place, and at the age of 16 
came to Boston and entered the employ of 
Dana, Farrar & Hyde, wholesale grocers. 
He remained with this house through its 
various changes, and is at the present time a 
partner of the junior member of the firm for 
whom he first worked, the firm name now being 
Hyde & Southworth, continuing in the same 
store and same business. In 1S66 he married 
Miss Abbie M. Dorman, of Rockport, Mass., 
and moved to Somerville in 1868. They have 
had six children, only three of whom are now 
living. Mr. Southworth was a charter member 
and past master of Soley Lodge of Masons. 
He was a representative to the Legislature from 
Ward One in 1S95-96, .ind served on import- 
ant committees, where his services were of 
vital importance to Somerville. 



Edmund S. Sparhow was born in Orleans, 
Mass., October 16, 1S46. He attended the vil- 
lage school until he was 15, when he went to 
sea, which he followed for six years. He then 
moved to Boston and learned the carpenter's 
trade in Cambridge, and afterward carried on 
the business of contractor and builder for twenty 
years. For a number of years he has been 
trustee of a large estate in Boston, and in 1S97 
went into the hardware business in Davis Square. 
He is a member of Caleb Rand Lodge of Odd 
Fellows, a director in the Sprague & Hathaway 
Co., and the West Somerville Co-operative Bank 
and the Cambridge Stone Co. He was elected 
a member of the Board of Aldermen from Ward 
Four in 1894-95, ^"*^ devoted a great deal of 



Elmer A. Stevens was born in North An- 
son, Me., January 15, 1S63. When he was 
three years old his parents moved to Industry, 
where he attended the common schools. He 
moved to Somerville in iSSi, and entered the 
employ of his brother, C. L. Stevens, where 
he worked at the grocery business for five years, 
after which he traveled one year and returned 
to Boston and opened a provision market on 
Friend street, where he remained until the 
building was torn down in 1897- ^^ li''^ re- 
cently moved into new quarters on the corner 
of Hanover and Blackstone streets. He was 
elected a member of the Common Council in 
189^, and was a Representative to the Legisla- 
ture in 1S96. He has been a successful business 
man, and in 1S97 built a handsome new resi- 
dence on Liberty avenue, West Somerville, near 
Powder House Park. Mr. Stevens is an active 
member of the West Somerville Baptist Church. 



Lewis Stockbridge was born in Charles- 
town, July 9, 1S47. He attended the Charles- 
town public schools. When fifteen years old 
he entered the employ of a large leather con- 
cern in Boston, and was admitted to the firm 
at the age of twenty-one. After continuing 
business for several years, owing to ill health 
he went West, where he remained for three 
years. Returning East he resumed his former 
business, which he carried on in Boston and 
New York. He moved to Somei-ville in 1S76 
and went into the grocery and provision busi- 
ness on the corner of Franklin and Pearl 
streets, in which he has continued until the 
present time. He was elected a member of the 
Common Council from Ward One, 1S93-93, and 
a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1894. 
He resides on Flint street. 



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Fkenxii O. J. Taiiiiox was born in Charles- 
town, September 2, iS6i. He attended the 
primary and grammar schools of that place and 
graduated from the grammar school in the 
class of 1S77, after which he took a six months' 
course in a IJoston business college. He then 
went to sea for a number of voyages after 
which he spent four years in the oil business, 
and h.is since been a steam-filter, having held 
responsible positions with Walworth i*t Co. 
of Boston ; the P'itchburg Railroad, with which 
he was connected for five years, and has since 
been employed as air-brake fitter for the Boston 
& Maine Railroad. lie was elected a member 
of the City Council from Ward Two in 1S96 
nntl a member of the Moard of Aldermen in 
1S97. He is a member of the Odd Fellows; 
Loval ( )ranj;c Institute, and the Fitchburg 
Railroad Relief Association. Mr. Tarbox was 
married September 12, iScjo, to Miss Sarah 
K. Mafjrath, of Charlestown. They resitle at 
60 Oak street. 

CiiAUi.Ks H. Tavi.oh was born in Charles- 
town, July i.(, i.S}''', the son of John I. and 
Abigail K. (Hapgood) Tnylor. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Charlestown, and 
when 16 years old eidisted in the I'nion Armv, 
and served until wounded au<l sent home. Af- 
ter his recovery he became a reporter on the 
lioslon Traveler, and was appointed corre- 
spondent for the Ne-u.' I'orl Trihune. When 
he was 21 Governor Claflin appointed him pri- 
vate and military secretary, with the rank of 
colonel. In |S<^| he was appointed on Gover- 
nor Russell's stall, with the rank of j,'eneral. 
In journalism he has climbed the ladder from 
the first round, beginning in the composing 
room and advancing through the various posi- 
tions until he has become manager anti owner 
of the Boston Glof<e, which is acknowledged to 
have a larger circulation than any other daily 
paper in New England. No American jour- 
nalist ever accomplished a more complete suc- 
cess in so short a time. General Taylor lived 



in Somer\-ille for a number of years and has 
always taken an interest in its welfare. He 
representeil .Somenille in the Legislature in 
1S72, anil the following year was chosen clerk 
of the House. He is past master of John Ab- 
bott Lotlge, A. F. & A. M., president of the 
Taylor and Algonquin Clubs of Boston, and a 
prominent member of many other organizations. 
CJeneral Taylor married, in Charlestown, in 
\S,fi(i, Georgianna O., daughter of George W. 
and L. F. Davis. They reside on Beacon 
street, Boston. 

Natiiav Tufts was l>orn in Somerville, then 
Charlestown, January S, iSiS. His father was 
a brickmaker, but Mr. Tufts learned the grain 
business of his father-in-law, Abraham Fitz, 
with whom he stayed until he went into business 
for himself, when 2_^ years f.ld. at Charlestown 
Neck. His business gradually increased until 
he bought out a place on Warren Bridge, and 
conducted the two places until his death. He 
was electc<l a member of the Board of Select- 
men in 1S52 and 185^, and was an Alderman 
in 1X7^, but refused to be re-elected. He was 
a valued member of the Unitarian Cliurcli, :i 
trustee of the Warren Institute for .'Savings, a 
director of the Bunker Hill National Bank, a 
member of the Central Club and a fine member 
of the Somerville Light Infantry. Mr. Tufts 
lived on the corner of Summer and Central 
streets for 20 years with his daughter and 
son Albert. Mr. Tufts was a man of sterling 
<|ualities, and had many friends among all 
classes of people. He died October 20, 1S87. 



Samiei. G. a. Twycross was born in Dres- 
den, .Maine, July 2, 1S49. His parents moved 
to Massachusetts when he was 12 years old, and 
he attended the Howe Academy at Billerica. 
He moved to Somerville in 1S67 and worked 
for a number of years for Flint & Hall and 
later for Gale & Wood, for whom he was fore- 
man for seven years, giving up that position to 
take the agency for J. R. Booth iS: Co. of Bur- 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



lington, Vt., in 1S7S. After carrying on busi- 
ness for himself for a number of years, he be- 
came foreman for William H. Woods & Co., of 
East Cambridge, which position he now holds. 
He resides on Elm street. 



Jesse J- UNnERiiiLL was born in Boston, 
March 3, 1S34. He attended the public schools 
until he was i^, when he entered the Suffolk 
Bank as money clerk and worked there for seven 
years, after which he went into the shoe busi- 
ness and remained in that until the war broke 
out, when he enlisted with Company A, 40th 
Mass. Volunteers, as a private. He served 
three years and came out of the army as captain 
of the same Company. He then went into the 
shoe business in Richmond, Va., and remained 
there until 1873, when he moved to Somei-ville 
and became engaged in the coal business, which 
he continues to carry on at the present time, and 
during the past three years has added the real 
estate business, having an office on Perkins 
street. Mr. Underbill was a member of the 
Common Council in 1S78, and a member of the 
Board of Aldermen in 1S79-80, and was presi- 
dent of the Board the second year. He resides 
at No. 48 Pinckney street. 



Qltincy a. Vinai. was born in Somerville, 
near what is now Union Square, in 1S26. He 
attended the common schools, and after com. 
pleting his studies engaged in the flour and grain 
business for a number of years, during the last 
few years of which time he had an office in 
Boston and did simply a wholesale business. 
He has always been a careful business man, 
and as such has been successful. He was 
elected a member of the Common Council in 
1875-76, the Board of Aldermen in 1SS3, and 
a Representative to the Legislature in 1873, '81 
and '83. He resides at No. 9 Aldersy street. 



ed the public schools, and later a business col- 
lege. In 1867 his parents returned to Somer- 
ville and his father purchased the estate at 32 
Cherry street, where the family have since resid- 
ed. The same year he entered the employ of a 
large dry goods firm in Boston and remained 
with them until March, 1S74, when he was ap- 
pointed by Mayor Furber as clerk, at the call of 
the mayor ; and in that capacity he acted as clerk 
of the Board of Assessors, and of the Commit- 
tees on Claims, Sewers, Public Property and 
Ordinances. In 1S7S he was made clerk of the 
Board of Health, and in 1S83 was appointed clerk 
of assessors and committees ; serving with an 
assistant, as clerk of all committees of the 
City Government, and of the Board of Health, 
Superintendent of .Streets, and Chief of the 
Fire Department. February 28, 18S8, Mr. 
Vincent was unanimousl}- elected to the office 
of City Clerk, to succeed City Clerk Charles 
E. Oilman who died the 22d instant, and he has 
been unanimously re-elected every succeeding 
year. Mr. Vincent has been treasurer of the 
Somerville Musical Association, and was the 
first secretary of the Somerville Co-operative 
Bank. He was formerly superintendent of the 
Sunday School of Emmanuel Cluircli and is a 
member of the corporation and the junior 
warden of that parish. He is also the treas- 
urer of the City Clerks' Association of Boston, 
ISIass. In his younger days he was a member 
of the Sons of Temperance and Good Temp- 
lars, and is a prominent Odd Fellow, member 
of the Daughters of Rebekah, Royal Arcanum 
and Home Circle, and a contributing member 
of Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, 
G. A. R. He was married November 26, 
1872, to Miss Sophia Elizabeth Edwards of 
Allston, and has four daughters. 



George I. Vincent was born in Somerville, 
July 6, 1851. When he was three years old his 
parents moved to Bangor, Me., where he attend- 



WiLLiAM E. Weld was born in Somerville, 
on Spring Hill, in 1852, the son of Alexander 
H. and Hannah Weld. He was educated in 
the Somerville public schools, through all 
grades of which he passed, and was graduated 



Representative Men of Somervili.e. 



lOI 



at the Somcr\iIlc High School in the class of 
1869. Preferring a l>u$inc$s career as a young 
man, he entered the ofTice of his father. He 
was soon admitted to partnership, and they con- 
tinued in business together until May, 1S94, 
when the senior retired and Mr. Weld asso- 
ciated himself with the tirm of Reuben King & 
Co. Mr. Weld has always manifested an inter- 
est in municipal atVairs, and has served in the 
city government. In iSSo and iSSi he was a 
member of the Common Council from Ward 
Four, and in 1SS2 and iN^ij was a member of 
the Board of Aldermen, serving the second year 
as its president. On retiring from the munici- 
pal council, Mr. Weld was elected a trustee of 
the Public Library, which position he held for 
nine years. He marricil, in 1S77, Miss Flor- 
ence Howie, (l:iu;;hter of John and ."^arah A. 
Howie. Mr. and Mrs. Weld reside ;it \i>. iM 
Summer street, on Spring Hill. 

I. FliANK WF.l.l-lMiToN was born in Lexing- 
ton, Nov. zo, 1X49, the son of Horatio and 
Mary Hownian (Teele) Wellington. The Wel- 
lington tatnilv has been settled in Watertown 
and I^exington for two centuries. His parents 
moved to Lexington in his infancy, and he was 
educated in the public schools, grailuating from 
the high school in iSft-j. He began his busi- 
ness career in the upholstery goods' trade in 
lioston, where he spent five years. In 1872 he 
became associated with his father in the coal 
business, and was admitted to the firm in 18S4. 
He moved to .'somcrville in 1S76. He has 
serN-etl the city in various otbcial positions. He 
was elected to the Common Council (rom Ward 
Two in iSSi, and served in the Hoard of Alder- 
men in iSSj and 1^83. He was on the iioard 
of Registrars of Voters in 1SS5 and 1SS6, and 
a member of the Hoard of Health in 1SS7, and 
was chairman of the Hoard for live years. He 
is a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & 
A. M. : Howard" Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Charles- 
town ; Central Club; is president of the Somer- 
ville Co-operative Hank ; an»l is secretary of 



the Boston Coal Club. He is also a trustee of 
the Somerville Hospital. Mr. Wellington 
married Charlotte A., daughter of Edwin and 
Sarah A. (Cutter) Ilunnewell of Charlestown. 
They reside on Summit avenue. 



George D. Wemvss, son of James and Mar- 
garet (Duncan) Wemyss, was born in Hawick, 
Scotland, in 1842. When he was twelve years 
old his parents moved to Charlestown, where 
Mr. Wemyss was educated and resided until he 
moved to Somerville, in 1S81. He was a mem- 
ber of the City Council from Ward One in 1SS6 
and 1S87, and a member of the Hoard of Alder- 
men in 18SS-S9. He has been a member of 
the Somerville Water Board for eight years and 
has been president of the Hoard live vears. He 
is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, pres- 
ident of the Scotch Charitable Society, the old- 
est charitable society in this country, organized 
in 1657, and a member of the British Charitable 
Society. He was married January •^, 1876, to 
Miss Agnes Elliot, of North Andover, Mass., 
and has had four chiblren. Mr. Wemyss is 
engaged in the manufacture of furniture, his 
factory being located at No. 51 1 Me<lford street, 
Charlestown, where he has been for 29 years. 
His home is at No. 3 Austin street. 



Oeorge EtH:Ai( WiiiTAKKK was born in 1862 
in Mcdwav, Massachusetts, a descendant of 
New England ancestors for several generations. 
His grandfather was a member of the Gover- 
nor's Council in 1849. Educated in the public 
schools of this .State, he graduated from the 
Cambridge high school in 1881, and from the 
College of Liberal Arts of Boston L^niversity in 
1885. He taught mathematics one year, 188S- 
1SS9, in Boston University, and was for eleven 
years assistant to the eminent astronomer, Dr. 
Benjamin A. (Jould of Cambridge, in astro- 
nomical work. .Mr. Whitaker came to Som- 
erville in the spring of 1882, and was thorough- 
ly identified with the First Methodist Episcopal 
Church of our city during his residence here. 



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Representative Men of Somerville. 



having held official positions in that church for 
eleven years. He was a member of the Repub- 
lican City Committee for four j-ears, a mem- 
ber of the Common Council for 1S95 and 1S96, 
the latter year serving as president ; and a mem- 
ber of the Board of Aldermen for 1S97. He 
left the city in 1S97 to accept a position as in- 
structor of mathematics in the English High 
School of Worcester, ^[ass. 



Horace C. White was born in Bowdoin. 
]Me., January 26, 1S36. His early education 
was received at the Litchfield Liberal Institute, 
but on account of trouble with his eyes he was 
obliged to leave school, and he came to Boston 
and was engaged as clerk in a broker's office. 
In 1S55 he returned to school, and was grad- 
uated from the medical department of Bowdoin 
College in 1S59. He began practice in Lisbon 
Falls in 1S61, and in March, 1S62, he entered 
the army as assistant surgeon of the Eighth 
Maine Regiment. In 1S63 he returned to Lis- 
bon Falls, and remained there until iSj^f, when 
he removed to Somerville. He is now serving 
his twelfth year as a member of the school com- 
mittee. In 1S97 he was elected Representa- 
tive to the Legislature from Ward One. He is 
a member of the militarv order of the Loyal 
Legion, the G. A. R., the Maine Veteran Asso- 
ciation, and is a prominent member of the Som- 
erville Sons of ^NLiine Club. He is also a 
member of the American Medical Association, 
the Massachusetts Medical Societ}' ; is an ex- 
president of the Boston Gynaecological Society, 
and the first president of the Somenille Medi- 
cal Society ; is a member of Soley Lodge, Ori- 
ent Council, R. and S. Masters ; De Molay 
Commandery, Royal Arcanum, Knights of 
Honor, and Home Circle. Dr. White married 
Miss Mar}- R., daughter of Paul and Xancy 
(Alexander) Randall, of Harpswell, Me. They 
reside on Perkins street. 



and moved to Somerville in 1S79. lie went 
into the restaurant business on Washington 
street, Boston, and in 1SS5 engaged in the 
wholesale cracker business in Somenille, under 
the firm name of Wentworth & Whitney. In 
1S94 he went into the wholesale confectionery 
business, in which he still continues. He was 
elected a member of the Common Council from 
Ward Three in 1S92— 93, and was a member of 
the Board of Aldermen in 1S94-95. He is a 
member of Olive Branch, I. O. O. F., of 
Charlestown, and the Society of the Sons of 
Maine. He resides at No. 68 Oilman street. 



Isaiah H. Wiley was born at Wellfleet, 
December Si 1S52, the son of Freeman A. and 
Mary C. (Harding) Wiley of Wellfleet. His 
schooling was at the district and high schools 
on the Cape. Earlv in life he went to sea, 
which he followed six years. He came to Bos- 
ton, and in 1S70 entered the paint and oil busi- 
ness with Wadsworth, Howland & Co. In 
1S7S he besan business for himself in the same 
line, and still continues. Mr. Wile}- came to 
Somerville in 1S7S, and ser\-ed the city in tlie 
Common Council of 1S91 from Ward One, 
and in 1S92 was chosen president. He was 
elected Alderman in 1S94-95. He is a mem- 
ber of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Som- 
erville R. A. Chapter; De Molay Commandery, 
K. T. ; Wonohaquaham Tribe, I. O. R. M ; 
Excelsior Chapter. R. A. ; Webcowit Club, the 
Paint and Oil, Home Market, Cape Cod Trav- 
ellers', and the Massachusetts Republican Clubs 
of Boston, and the Corinthian Yacht Club of 
Marblehead. Mr. Wiley married Miss Mary 
C. Porter, daughter of James F. and Mary C. 
(Porter) Parker of Somenille. They reside 
in a handsome new house on Pearl street. 



Calvin H. Whitney was born in Yar- 
mouth, !Mass., September 10, 1S50. He was 
educated in the common schools of that place, 



Clarence H. Willev was born at Concord, 
N. H., January 17, 175S, the son of Rufus 
and Lydia O. (Hoitt) Willey. He came to 
Somenille in 1S67, was educated in the public 
schools and at a commercial college in Boston. 



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lie was New Enj^Iand selling agent for the 
Livingston Woolen Mills three years, and then 
he and his father became the successors of A. 
D. Iloitt in the hay and grain business in Hos- 
ton, with a branch at Heverley Farms, Mass. 
In May, 1891, the firm moved from Canal 
street to the Charlestown bridge, opposite the 
Fitchburg station, where they remain. Mr. 
Willey served the city in the Common Council 
in iS.Sf^ and 1S90, and was a member of the 
Hoard uf Aldermen in iSt^i. lie is a member 
of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; is scribe of 
Sonier\'ille R. A. Chapter; is a member of 
(Orient Council, R. S. M. ; Cu'ur de Lion Com- 
mandery, K. T. ; Excelsior Council, R. A. ; 
and Central Club, lie is also a menit>er of the 
Moston Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Willey 
married Miss Mary, daughter of John C. and 
Mary J. Applcton, of Marblehead. They re- 
side on Dartmouth street. 



Ciiahi.es a. (i. NN'iNTMKR Was born in («cr- 
many, February J5, 1S5J. lie attended the 
schools uf his native town and graduated from 
the high school nn<l Institute of Technolog}-. 
lie came to America in 1871 and move<l to 
Somcrville in 1S73. lie has been superintend- 
ent of the Star Brass Co. in Boston for a num- 
bcr of years, anil is a member of the firm. He 
was elected a member of the Common Council 
in IVS91-92, and was a member of the Board of 
AKIernicn in 1S93. Mr. Winthcr is past grand 
of Caleb Kand Lodge of Odd Fellows, a menu 
ber of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; a 
member of Somcrville Chapter and Dc Molay 
Commandery. lie resides at No. .(oS niu'lil;in(l 
avenue. 

John M. Woods was bom in Pelham, Octo- 
ber 22, 1S39. He began work when he was 
but eight years of age, and had few oppor- 
timities for education. In 1S62 he enlisted in 
Company I, Thirteenth N. H. Volunteers, and 



sers-ed three years. lie came to Boston in 
March, ii>66, and was employed by Clark & 
Smith, lumber dealers, and was admitted a 
])artner in 1S72. After the firm was dissolved, 
Mr. Woods became a salesman for Holt & 
Bugbee. In 1879 he became the eastern agent 
for George D. Emery, of Indianapolis, and 
started in business for himself in 1SS4, dealing 
in foreign and domestic hardwood lumber. Mr. 
Woods came to Somerville in 1S74. He repre- 
sented Somervillc in the Legislature in 1SS4, 
and for two years was a member of the Water 
Board. He was a delegate to the National 
Democratic Convention that nominated Cleve- 
land. He is a member of Centre Lodge, A. F. 
& A. M., of Indianapolis; Somerville R. A. 
Chapter, Ca-ur de Lion Commantlcry, and be- 
longs to the Massachusetts Consistory. He is 
also a member of Oasis Lo<lge, I. O. O. F. ; 
Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. ; 
I'nited Workmen, Good Fellows, and Knights 
of Honor. Has been vice-president of the Bay 
State Lumber Dealers' Association. He resides 
on Spring street. 



RoHEitT .S. WuKiiiT was born in Boston, 
March 30, 1S5S, was educated in the public 
schools and graduated from Massachusetts In- 
stitute of Technology, in 1S76. He studied 
to be an architectural draughtsman, and was 
employed with A. B. & E. L. .Shaw, as 
designer and superintendent of their factory 
for 15 years, after which he went into busi- 
ness for himself in East Cambridge. He came 
to Somerville in June, 1SS9, and was elected a 
member of the City Council from Ward Two 
in 1S95, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
men in 1S96. He is a member of the Central 
Club, Designers' Club, a popular Mason, Red 
Man, director in the West Somerville Co-opera- 
tive Bank and an associate member of Com- 
pany M, Eighth Regiment. Mr. Wright is 
married, and resides at 1 1 Summit avenue. 



ROBINSON PRESS. BOSTON. 



INDEX. 



A 






Pages. 




Pages. 


Flynn, William H., 


20-78 


AMilch, Harrison, 


44-6+ 


Fuller, Stephen W., 


.30-78 


Andrews, James M., . 


54-64 


Furber, William II., 


. . . 7-23-78 


Andrews, Jolin, 


53-64 


G 




B 




Gilbert, Fred. W., 


51-78 


Bailey, Ernest W., 


. 10-64 


Giles, Joseph J., . 


22-78 


Bailey, J. Warren, 


20-64 


Gilman, Charles E., 


8-79 


Ball, John N 


56-65 


G lines, Edward, 


6-79 


Barber, William L., . 


49-65 


G lines, Jacob T., . 


25-80 


Bennett, Clark, 


25-65 


Gookin, Abija B., 


37-80 


Bennett, Dana W., 


41-65 


Guild, Charles H., 


18-80 


Belknap, Austin, . 


. !)-29-66 


H 




Berrj-, William H., 
Bowman, Selwyn Z., . 


53-66 




. 6-16-6G 


Hadley, George W., 


23-80 


Bradshaw, Kdward C , 


45-66 


Hall, John G., 


27-81 






llambliu, Franklin J., 


50-81 


Brastow, George O., . 


5-67 






Bruce, George A., 


;-l 1-32-67 


Harrington, John, 
Hasklns, Horace, . 


31 
. 12-25-81 


Burnliam, Gersliom T., 


38-67 










Ha.vward, Daniel H , 


41-81 


Burns, Mark F., 


. 15-38-67 










Hemenway, Charles M 


, . . 45-82 


Butler, John Haskell, . 


18-68 










Hodgkins, William H., 


. 6-19-82 


C 




Holt, Samuel W., . 


42-82 


Carlton, Samuel A,, 


12-68 


Hopkins, James R., 


57-82 


Carpenter, Allen F., 


. 24-47-68 


Hunnewell, William A 


., . . 48-83 


Carr, Martin W 


37-69 


Huntley, L. Herbert, 


53-83 


Caswell, Newell F., 


5(1-69 


Huntress, Franklin E., 


. 26-83 


Chandler, Leonard B., 


26-53-69 


I 




Chase, Daniel E 


25-70 


Irving, William M., 


55-84 


Clark, Elijah C 


18-37-70 


J 




Cole, John F 


8-33-70 


Janes, S. Walker, . 


49-84 


Cole, Malcom B., . 


36 


Jones, Melville D., 


. 26-52-84 


Coolidge, Aaron R., . 


35-71 


K 




Conant, Ezra D 


27-71 




Conant, John R., . 


34-71 


Kaan, Frank W., . 


. 16-24-84 






Kennard, John F., 


43-85 


Converse, John W., 


45-71 






Crane, Charles H., 


24-72 


Kilmer, Frederick M., 


. 22-56-85 


Cummings, John A., 


13-31-72 


Kimball, George A., 


. 10-46-85 


Cnmmlngs, Silas L., 


57-72 


L 




Cunningham, Thomas, 


14-72 


Lament, Andrew A., 


65-85 


Curtis, Edwin A., 


30-73 


Lapham, Frank D., 


56-86 


Cutler, Samuel, 


22-73 


Lawrence, Bernard W. 


44-86 


D 




Libby, Stillman H., 


. 35-86 




Lincoln, Charles S., 


20 


Darling, Samuel C, 


16-20-73 


LittleBeld, Samuel. 


31 


David, James B., 


32-73 


Long, James, 


. 14-33-86 


Davis, Joshua H., 


22-73 


Lord, Thomas H., 


31 


Davis, Levi F. S., 


20-39-74 


Lyons, Jeremiah J., 


48-87 


Davis, Oliver J., . 


35-74 






Davis, Person 


18-27 


M 




Davlin, James F., 


22-56-74 


Mann, Jalrus, 


8-87 


Dickerman, George H., 


30-74 


Mentzer, Walter C, 


41-87 


Dodge, Seward 


35-75 


Mitchell, William P., 


57-88 


Downs, Benjamin J 


53-75 


Moore, Howard D., 


64-88 


Duddy, Robert, . . . . 


24-46-75 


Morse, Enoch R., . 


14-88 


Durgin, Asa, 


36-75 


N 




Dwyer, Timothy C, - 


45-76 


Nickerson, Alvano T., . 


. 24-32-88 


E 




Nlckerson, Richard E., 


. . . 14-88 


Eaton, Horaee L., . . . 


10-76 


Norcross, J. Leiand, 


38-89 


Edmunds, Albert W. , . 


47-76 


North, Charles L., 


43-89 


Eldridge, Edrlc 


43-76 


O 




Elliot, Charles D 

F 
Fitch, Nathan A 


10-77 


Osgood, Charles B., 


48-89 


40-77 


P 

Page, Caleb A., 


37-90 


Fitts, Frank E 


49-77 


Parkhurst, Melville C, 


57-90 





Pages. 


Park, Elbridge G., 


. 42-90 


Pennock, Samuel N., . 


36 


Perkins, George W., 


6-90 


Perry, Albion A., . 


21-39-91 


Perry, Franklin R., 


40-91 


Phillips, Franklin F., . 


26-51-91 


Poor, Franklin N., 


31-92 


Poor, John R 


27-92 


Pope, Charles G 


14-17-92 


Pratt, Joslah N., . 


54-93 


Proctor, George O., 


24-93 


R 




Rafferty, Patrick, . 


33-93 


Rand, John B. G., 


34-93 


Raymond, Francis H., 


6-94 


Reed, Nathan H., . 


43-94 


Rich, Wilfred B., 


52-94 


Robinson, Albert M., . 


42-95 


Robinson, Charles, 


16 


Robinson, Warren J., . 


49-95 


Roulstone, Thomas R., 


39-95 


Rowell, Cromwell G., . 


29-95 


Russell, Irving L., 


22-41-96 


Rymes, Christopher E., 


6-29-96 


S 




Sanborn, Charles B., . 


46-96 


Sargent, Aaron, 


8-96 


Sawyer, Charles W., . 


32-97 


Souther, Ezra D 


46 


Southworth, Amasa E., 


24-98 


Sparrow, Edmund S., . 


50-98 


Spear, Robert L., . 


18-30 


Skilton, George C 


34-97 


Smith, Hiram D., 


41-97 


Steele, Moses G 


41 


Stevens, Elmer A., 


26-98 


Stillson, Daniel C, 


42 


Stockbridge, Lewis, 


51-98 


T 




Talhnan, William C, . 


33 


Tarbox, French O. J., 


55-99 


Taylor, Charles H., . 


12-99 


Tufts, Nathan, 


29-99 


Twycross, Samuel G. A., . 


40-99 


U 




Underbill, Jesse J 


36-100 


Vinal, Quincy A., 


12-39-100 



^'incent, George I., 

W 

Weld, William E., 
Wellington, J. Frank, 
Wemyss, George D., 
Whitaker, George E., 
^Vhite, Dr. Horace C, 
Whitney, Calvin H., 
Wiley, Isaiah H., . 
Willey, Clarence H., 
Winther, Charles A. G, 
Woods, John M., . 
Wright, Robert S., 



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